On this dark, wet day, Lewis travels by land towards Cahokia and St. Louis. Clark and the boats move up the Mississippi and stop at a farm above the Meramec River.
Meramec River
Meramec Springs Park, March 1973. Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Gateway Arch National Park.
passed the mouth of the Merrenek and came to at a farm ¾ of a mile above, this River is about 110 yards wide at its mouth.
—William Clark
News of Lewis
A Dark wet morning I was informed this morning that Capt Lewis passd by this place yesterday on his way to St Louis.
—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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Unless otherwise noted, journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983-2001).