Huff, ND The day is “dark, windy & cold,” and the waves are too high to paddle safely. Prior to departing late in the afternoon, the hunters have a good day. At the evening camp ten miles down the river, interpreter René Jusseaume gives Clark a leather lodge.
A Skin Lodge of an Assiniboin Chief (Detail)
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. “Lederzelt eines Assiniboin Chefs. Tente en cuir d’un chef Assiniboin. A skin lodge of an Assiniboin chief.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 14, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c3fe-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
4 Elk and 12 Deer
the hunters which was Sent out this morning killed 4 Elk & 12 deer near the river we came too and brought in the most of the flesh
—William Clark
Delayed by Wind
at 4 P. M the wind Seased to blow with that violence which it had done all day we Set out and proceeded on down . . . . The indians appear well Satisfyed with the party and mode of proceedure. we decended only 10 miles to day
—William Clark
Jusseaume’s Leather Lodge
Jessomme [Jusseaume] the Interpreter let me have a piece of a lodge and the Squars pitched or Stretched it over Some Sticks, under this piece of leather I Slept dry, it is the only covering which I have had Suffecient to keep off the rain Since I left the Columbia.
—William Clark
Lewis Recovering
Capt. Lewis’es wounds are heeling very fast, I am much in hope of his being able to walk in 8 or 10 days—.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of the weather at Sun rise State of wind at Sunrise State of the weather at 4 P. M. Wind at 4 P. M. State of river thunder lightning & rain S E cloudy— S. E fall ¾ in. Comenced raining at 5 A. M and Continued with a hard wind untill [blank]
—William Clark[1]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged.
Notes
| ↑1 | To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged. |
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