At the Wood River across from the mouth of the Missouri, the walnut bark pills made by Lewis find success when administered to Clark. Pvt. Windsor kills a badger, swans fly north, and Pvt. Thompson returns from Cahokia.
19th-Century Style Pills
Historical interpretation by John W. Fisher and presented by the Lewis & Clark Honor Guard. Photo © 2017 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
These hand-made pills were made to resemble Dr. Scot’s pills, not the pills created by Lewis from walnut bark.
Effective Pills
Sick take Walnut pills . . . . My P[ills]—work &c.
—William Clark
Camp Dubois Events
Winser [Windsor] killed a Badger . . . . great numbers of wild fowl flying Notherly. Swans in great number . . . . Thompson return from Kohokia
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Therm at rise
weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River 19 above 0 fair N.W. 15 above 0 cloudy S. rise 2 ft. 6 ½ in. a small white frost, the snow disappeared a small snow storm
—Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
Experience the Lewis and Clark Trail
The Lewis and Clark Trail Experience—our sister site at lewisandclark.travel—connects the world to people and places on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Plan a trip related to February 6, 1804:
- Winter Camp at Wood River (Camp Dubois)
- Along the Mississippi (Inspiration Trip)
- Around St. Louis (Inspiration Trip)
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.
Old Cahokia Courthouse is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is managed by the State of Illinois and is open to the public.
Notes
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