At Wood River, Clark receives news from Lewis that Captain Amos Stoddard will be the United States agent to receive the Upper Louisiana Territory when it is transferred from France. A retired captain living in the area tells Clark that several local young men wish to join the expedition.
Old Cahokia Courthouse (Interior)
Photograph by Rklawton, 2009. Permission provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Important Business
Serjt. Odderway [Ordway] return & bring me Some papers from Capt Lewis, who is [in] Kohokia on business of importance to the enterprise . . . . Cap L. allso sent me a Letter from Capt. Amos Stoddard which mentions his aptnt. to the Comd. of upper Louisiane, & to take possession of St Louis &c.
—William Clark
Eager Young Men
Cap Whitesides Came to See me & his Son, and some country people . . . . Mr. Whitesides says a no. of young men in his neghborhood wishes to accompany Capt. Lewis & myself on the Expdts
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Therm. at rise
weather wind Therm. at 4 oClock weather wind River cloudy after snow Cloudy Snow last night inconsiderable
—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 2, 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.
Old Cahokia Courthouse is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is managed by the State of Illinois and is open to the public.
Notes
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