Day-by-Day / December 14, 1803

December 14, 1803

Cutting logs

At Wood River, construction of winter quarters—presently called Camp River Dubois—continues. Lewis works elsewhere, likely in Cahokia.

Hewing a Log

by Michael Haynes

Sketch of a soldier with round hat squaring a log with an adze

© Michael Haynes, https://www.mhaynesart.com. Used with permission.

Cutting Logs

Contined to Cut logs, Sent out into the neghbrhood yesterday, Som Indians passed, wind Continu to blow hard river riseing—
—William Clark

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Winter Camp at Wood River (Camp Dubois) is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site, near Hartford, Illinois, is managed as Lewis and Clark State Historic Site and is open to the public.

 

Discover More

  • 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).