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.
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.