Day-by-Day / March 20, 1804

March 20, 1804

A chorus of frogs

Winter Camp at Wood River, IL Clark and Lewis travel by boat from St. Charles where they had intercepted a Kickapoo war party. Clark reports hearing frogs for the first time this season.

Weather Diary

Therm at sun symbol rise weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River
12 above 0 fair E 68 above 0 fair SSW rise 1 ½ in.

Heard the 1st frogs on my return from St Charles after haveing arrested the progress of a Kickapoo war party
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.

Questions of Indian Dress

Inquiries relitive to the Indians of Louisiania.

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9th. Clothing Dress & Orniments

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What garments do their dress usially Consist, in both Sexes?
What are the shapes & materials of those garments?
In what manner are they worn?
What orniments do they use to decorate their person?
Do they use paints of Various Colours on the surface of their skins, and what are the most usial colours thus used?
Do they tattoe (or scarify) their bodys and on what parts?
Do they imprint with the aids of a sharp pointed instrument and som colouring matter any figures on their skins: and what are the part of the body on which they are usially imprinted?
Which are the usial figures?
William Clark[2]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

 

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.
2 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), 160.

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