At sunrise, Nicholas Jarrot‘s trade boat leaves the expedition’s winter camp at the Wood River carrying a letter from Clark to John Campbell of Prairie Du Chien, an important fur trade center in present Wisconsin. Clark has the enlisted men pack corn meal, flour, and salted pork.
Journaling
Artist unknown. Courtesy U.S. National Park Service.
A Letter for Prairie du Chien
I wrote a letter to Mr. John Campbell, of Prarie De chaine by Mr. Hay & the Gentlemen bound to [t]hat place, those Gentlemen Set out at Sun rise
—William Clark
Preserving Food
I have meal mad & the flour Packed & repacked, also Some porkie packed in barrels
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermometr. at rise
Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River 50 above 0 fair N E rain N E rise 3 ½ in. Mr. Garrous [Nicholas Jarrot] Boat loaded with provisions pass up for Prarie de chien, to trade a cloudy day
—William Clark[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of month” and “River feet” columns and spelled out some of the abbreviations.
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Notes
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