At winter camp across from the mouth of the Missouri, the men make corn meal from parched corn. Clark reports he is sick and notes the appearance of buds on the spice bushes.
Making Parched Corn Meal
Ground Parched Corn
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To make parched corn, see “Recipe Notes” in Sunflowers.
one man Sick to Day all hands parching Corn &c Som Delaways [Lenape Delawares] pass down to St. Louis (Simon Girty) river continue to rise, beating at two morters parched Corn. “I am unwell”
—William Clark
Spice Bush Blooms
The buds of the Spicewood appeared, and the tausels of the mail Cotton wood were larger than a large Mulberry, and which the Shape and Colour of that froot, Some of them had fallen from the trees. the grass begins to Spring. The weather has been warm, and no falling weather until this time tho the atmispere has been verry Smokey and thick, a heavy fall of rain commenced which continued untill 12 at night, attended with thunder, and lightning—
—Weather Diary
Weather Diary
Therm at rise
weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River 42 above 0 rain & thunder E 50 above 0 fair after rain N E rise 7 in. —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.
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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