Day-by-Day / November 13, 1803

November 13, 1803

Leaving Fort Massac

The expedition leaves Fort Massac and sets up a camp about three miles down the Ohio. Lewis is “siezed with a violent ague” similar to malaria.

Fort Massac on the Ohio River

Reconstruction of an early American fort

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Leaving Fort Massac

left Massac this evening about five oclock— descended about three miles and encamped on the S. E. shore raind very hard in the eving
—Meriwether Lewis

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Violent Ague

I was siezed with a violent ague which continued about four hours and as is usual was succeeded by a feever which however fortunately abated in some measure by sunrise the next morning,
—Meriwether Lewis

Related: Mosquito Ills and Cures | The Last Journey of Meriwether Lewis

 

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  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.

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Unless otherwise noted, journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983-2001).