Day-by-Day / December 30, 1803

December 30, 1803

Snowy morning

At Wood River, the morning comes with snow. Clark implements a new guard duty roster and sends the plan with Drouillard and Sgt. Ordway to Lewis in Cahokia.

Errands

Snow in the morning   I move into my hut, Cloudy morning Colter Kill a Deer & a turkey, Drewyer & Serjt. Odway [ Ordway] set out for Kohokia, I arrange the guards on a new plan, wrote to Cap Lewis
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.
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