The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806Meriwether Lewis
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
Meriwether Lewis
History
Book language: English
1757 pages
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804–1806. These firsthand journals record the American expedition across the continent toward the Pacific, noting rivers, landscapes, plants, animals, and encounters with Native peoples. They are worth listening to as a historical account of travel, observation, and discovery in unknown country.
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THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK By Meriwether Lewis and and William Clark 1804-1806 Transcriber's Note: These Journals are from May 14, 1804, the day the expedition left the Mississippi River, to September 26, 1806, a day or two after they arrived back in St. Louis. It includes all possible Journal entries of Lewis and Clark. Most of the "courses and distances" and "celestial observations" have been omitted. The notes and most of the corrections of past editors have been removed. There are a few OCR errors, but most of the misspellings are almost 200 years old. The dates with the names in the brackets are a little redundent. They are
included to provide the correct date in a consistent format. PG Editor's Note: Misspellings, inventive punctuation and lack of punctuation along with variable capitalization, and not entirely clear abbreviations have been left as is. DW
THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND
CLARK
[Clark, May 14, 1804]
May the 14th-Monday Set out from Camp River a Dubois at 4 oClock P.M. and proceded up the Missouris under Sail to the first
Island in the Missouri and Camped on the upper point opposit a Creek on the South Side below a ledge of limestone rock Called Colewater, made 41/2 miles, the Party Consisted of 2, Self one frenchman and 22
Men in the Boat of 20 ores, 1 Serjt. & 7 french in a large Perogue, a
Corp and 6 Soldiers in a large Perogue. a Cloudy rainey day. wind from the N E. men in high Spirits
[Clark, May 14, 1804]
Monday May 14th 1804 Rained the forepart of the day I determined to go as far as St. Charles a french Village 7 Leags. up the Missourie, and wait at that place untill Capt. Lewis Could finish the business in which he was obliged to attend to at St Louis and join me by Land from that place 24 miles; by this movement I calculated that if any alterations in the loading of the Vestles or other Changes necessary,
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