At Wood River across from the mouth of the Missouri, the day is cold and clear. On or near this date, the captains prepare the many questions for Indians that they should try to answer on their voyage.
Assiniboin Mother and Child
Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952)
From the North American Indian. Digitization by Northwestern University Library, 2001. https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html.
Questions for the Louisiana Indians
Inquiries relitive to the Indians of Louisiania.
1st. Physical History and Medicine
What is their state of Life as to longivity?
At what age do both sexes usially marry?
How long do the Women usially succle their Children?
What is the diet of their Children after they wean them?
Is polygamy admited among them?
What is the state of the pulse in both sexes, Children, grown persons, and in old age, by feeling the Pulse Morning, Noon, & Night &etc.?
—William Clark[1]Undated and unsigned list written in Clark’s hand. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, … Continue reading
Weather Diary
Therm at rise
weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River 3 above 0 fair N.E. 17 above 0 fair S.W rise 1 ft. 4 in. ice still drifting in considerable quantities, some geese passed fr S.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
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Plan a trip related to February 10, 1804:
- Winter Camp at Wood River (Camp Dubois)
- Along the Mississippi (Inspiration Trip)
- Around St. Louis (Inspiration Trip)
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Notes
| ↑1 | Undated and unsigned list written in Clark’s hand. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 157. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
