At camp near Horse Island, the morning is foggy. Clark leaves with the boats and after fifteen miles up the Mississippi, arrives at Kaskaskia. Lewis travels by land to the new American outpost there.
Mississippi River above Kaskaksia
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Lewis by Land, Clark by Water
This morning left Capt Clark in charge of the Boat
—Meriwether LewisSet out this morning of 8 oClock from the lower point of the horse Island
—William Clark
Kaskaskia Landing
the Current much Swifter than usial Passed an Island on the Larbd. side, also one on the Starbd side abov that on the Larbd. and after passing some verry swift water which was comfd [confined?] between Sand bars, I arrived at the Landing opposit old St. Genevie,
—William Clark
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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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