All day, the enlisted men and engagés struggle to move the boats around the Missouri River hazards. Submerged logs and crumbling banks add to the danger. They make 12¼ miles camping near abandoned Osage and Missouria villages at present Malta Bend.
The Boat Hits a Sawyer
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Malta Bend Today
View northwest, upstream
© 2024 by Michael Pazeian. Used by permission.
Above: Today, it is hard to imagine the difficulty of moving boats in this stretch of the Missouri. The majority of river hazards at Malta Bend in 1804 have been mitigated to accommodate modern commercial traffic.
Submerged Log
Set out early and had not proceeded far e’er we wheeled on a Sawyer which was near injuring us Verry much
—William Clark
Rolling Sands
[W]e were nearly being Swallowed up by the roleing Sands over which the Current was So Strong that we Could not Stem it with our Sales under a Stiff breese in addition to our ores, we were Compelled to pass under a bank which was falling in, and use the Toe rope occasionally
—William Clark
Noon Observations
we stopped at 12 O.C. to eat dinner & for Capt. Lewis to take the Meridan altitude &C
—John Ordway
Abandoned Villages
Camped on the S. S. Nearly opposit the Antient Village of the Little Osarges and below the Antt. Village of the Missoures both Situations in view an within three Ms. of each other . . . . The little osage finding themselves much oppressed by the Saukees [Sauks] & other nations, left this place & built a village 5 ms. from the Grand Osarge Town about [blank] years ago. a few of the Missoures accompanied them . . . .
—William Clark
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Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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