At Wood River, Illinois, the day warms to nearly 50 degrees. Sometime during this stage of the expedition, Clark finalizes the questions about Native American hunting and fishing.
The Mandan Buffalo Hunt
30″ x 60″ oil on canvas
© 2009 by Charles Fritz. Used by permission.
Indian Hunting and Fishing
Inquiries relitive to the Indians of Louisiania.
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6th. Fishing & Hunting
Do those furnish their principal employment?
Do their [women?] participate in the fatigues of either?
How do they persue, and how take their game?
What are the employments used for those purposes—how prepare & in what manner do they use them?
How do they preserve, and how prepare the Skins & furs of their games when taken for raiment or for Market.
—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 6 above 0 fair E 48 above 0 fair SSW rise 11 in. —Meriwether Lewis and William Clark[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
Experience the Lewis and Clark Trail
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Plan a trip related to March 16, 1804:
- Winter Camp at Wood River (Camp Dubois)
- Along the Mississippi (Inspiration Trip)
- Around St. Louis (Inspiration Trip)
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.
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), 159–160. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
