With both captains now at winter camp at the Wood River across from the mouth of the Missouri, Privates John Shields, John Colter, and Robert Frazer are tried in the expedition’s first military court. The blacksmiths return with some of their finished goods.
Cat o’ nine tails
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Courts Martial
we have a trial of John Shields. John Colter & R Frasure [Robert Frazer] which take up the greater part of the day
—William Clark
The Blacksmiths Return
in the evening we walk to Higgens a blustering day all day, the blacksmiths return with part of their work finished
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Therm at rise
weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River 28 above 0 rain after thunder N E 38 above 0 hail & rain N E rise 1 inch Tried Several men for missconduct
—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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- 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.
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