Day-by-Day / April 22, 1804

April 22, 1804

Our Missouria Indian

The captains are working in St. Louis with Pierre Chouteau‘s recently arrived delegation of Osage Indians. An undated note says the captains have decided not to bring along a Missouria Indian that has been with them this past winter.

Missouri Indian

Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)

Historic painting of a Missouria Indian wrapped in a buffalo hide

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library.[1]“Missouri Indianer. Indien Missouri. Missouri Indian; Oto Indianer. Indien Oto. Oto Indian; Chef der Puncas. Chef des Puncas. Chief of the Puncas.” New York Public Library Digital … Continue reading

At St. Louis

Sundy, mon: & Tuesday, at St Louis
—William Clark

The Missouria Indian

[April 1804]

Memorandom of Artecles which may be wanting

. . . .

Perhaps if the Missouriis Indian was to be taken up by us, a favourable impression might be made, thro’ him. On inquiry he is not a character than can render us any service. M. L.[2]Clark to Lewis. Written in Clark’s hand with Lewis’s response set here in italics. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. … Continue reading

Related: Otoes and Missourias | Trail Diplomacy

 

Weather Diary

Thermometr. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River
36 above 0 N. W. 42 above 0 Cloudy N.W. rise 1 ft. 6 in.

—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Related: Thermometers and Temperatures | Weather Observations

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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

Notes
↑1 “Missouri Indianer. Indien Missouri. Missouri Indian; Oto Indianer. Indien Oto. Oto Indian; Chef der Puncas. Chef des Puncas. Chief of the Puncas.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 11, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c431-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.
↑2 Clark to Lewis. Written in Clark’s hand with Lewis’s response set here in italics. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 175.
↑3 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Discover More

  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.

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Unless otherwise noted, journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983-2001).