Day-by-Day / April 16, 1804

April 16, 1804

Packing away

At winter camp across the Mississippi from St. Louis, Clark says they “Packed away” coffee, sugar, beans, candles, soap, and several other items. Some of the enlisted men are punished for drunkenness.

Packing Away

  • Packed away
  • 1 Keg of Hogs Lard
  • 1 bag of Coffee 50 w
  • 2 do Sugar—
  • 1 do Beens—
  • 7 bags of Biscuit
  • 4 Barrels of Biscuit
  • 1 Bag Candle wick
  • 2 Boxes of candles
  • ” one part Soap
  • 44 Kegs of Pork packed w. 3115
  • 6 Half barrels of pork do w 590
  • —William Clark

Discipline Problems

Several men confined for Drunkness to day
William Clark

 

Weather Diary

Thermometr. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River
44 above 0 cloudy N W fair after clouds fall 5 ½ in.

—William Clark[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Notes

Notes
1 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

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