The expedition makes about forty miles stopping multiple times to wait for winds to abate or storms to pass. The hunters use the time to kill three elk and three deer. Lewis is recovering from his gunshot wound and at their camp near present Forest City, South Dakota the mosquitoes are troublesome.
Lewis Recovering Fast
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Three Elk
Cervus canadensis
By an unknown photographer who has licensed this image under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Stopped by Wind
We Set out very early, the wind rose & became very hard, we passed the Sar-war-kar-na-har river [Moreau] at 10 A. M and at half past eleven the wind became So high and the water So rough that we were obliged to put to Shore and Continue untill 3 p. M.
—William Clark
Hunting Opportunity
Soon after we landed I Sent Shields & Jo. [Joseph Field] & Reubin Fields down to the next bottom of timber to hunt untill our arival. we proceeded on Slowly and landed in the bottom. the hunters had killed three Elk and 3 Deer the deer were pore and Elk not fat had them fleece & brought in.
—William Clark
Lewis Recovering Fast
My Frend Capt Lewis is recoverig fast the hole in his thy where the Ball passed out is Closed and appears to be nearly well. the one where the ball entered discharges very well—.
—William Clark
Troublesome Mosquitoes
the Musqueters large and very troublesom.
—William ClarkWe encamped at night and found the musquitoes very troublesome.
—Patrick Gass
Weather Diary
State of the weather at Sun rise State of wind at Sunrise State of the weather at 4 P. M. Wind at 4 P. M. State of river cloudy S E rain N. W fall 1 ½ in. rained at 10 A M. & 4 P M hard wind
—William Clark[2]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged. |
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- 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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