Day-by-Day / March 22, 1804

March 22, 1804

Working on the boat

Winter Camp at Wood River, IL Clark has the men prepare the barge for its journey up the Missouri. He also sends a man out to check that the Kickapoo war party went home.

Working on the Boat

Set the workmen to work about the Boat, Sent a man to examine if the Indians had recrossed home. butifull weath river Missories rise
William Clark

 

Weather Diary

Therm at sun symbol rise weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River
30 above 0 fair N W 48 above 0 fair N W fall 2 in.

butifull weath river Missories rise
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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