Lewis, Clark, Auguste or Pierre Chouteau, and Charles Gratiot return to Wood River, Illinois after intercepting a Kickapoo war party near St. Charles. Clark’s field notes resume—the first since 9 February.
Return to Wood River
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 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.
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Today, the St. Charles Historic District is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
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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