Day-by-Day / March 21, 1804

March 21, 1804

Return to Camp Dubois

Winter Camp at Wood River, IL Lewis, Clark, Auguste or Pierre Chouteau, and Charles Gratiot return to winter camp having been to St. Charles where they stopped a Kickapoo war party. After a long gap, Clark’s field notes resume.

Return to River Dubois

I returned to Camp at Wood river down the Missouris from St Charles in a Boat from the Platte river, Cap Lewis & my self Mr. Chotieu & Gratiot & went to stop 110 Kickpo [The Kickapoos] from going to war against the Osarges [The Osages]
William Clark

 

Weather Diary

Therm at sun symbol rise weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River
34 above 0 fair SSW 54 above 0 fair N W fall 2 in.

I arrived at River Dubois from St Charles
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.

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.

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