At Wood River across from the mouth of the Missouri, the weather warms, and the hunters bring in deer, turkeys, and rabbits. Lewis works in Cahokia and St. Louis.
Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Danielle Langlois, 19 December 2005. Permission granted under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Snowy Night
Som Snow fell last night, a Cloudy morning, the river continues to fall, & Some Ice running, at 8 oClock this morning the Thermormeter Stood at 13° above 0
—William Clark
Deer and Turkey
Gibson Killed 3 Deer & Colter 3 Turkey, Shields 4 Turkey, Worne [Werner] & Thompson 14 rabits—
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Therm. at rise
weather wind Therm. at 4 oClock weather wind River 13 above 0 cloudy N W 11 above 0 cloudy N W fall no ice running
—Meriwether Lewis and 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.
Experience the Lewis and Clark Trail
The Lewis and Clark Trail Experience—our sister site at lewisandclark.travel—connects the world to people and places on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Plan a trip related to January 19, 1804:
- Winter Camp at Wood River (Camp Dubois)
- Old Cahokia Courthouse
- 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
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