The day is stormy at the mouth of the Ohio. Strong winds swamp the smaller boats, which fortunately had been emptied of their cargo. The captains compare the sizes of the Mississippi and Ohio riverbanks.
Stormy Day on the Mississippi
View north from Fort Jefferson Memorial Park
© 2022 by Robert Heacock. Used by permission.
Stormy Day
the [wind] blew very heard last night from N. and continued without intermission throughout the day it became could about twelve oclock— the canoes were driven by the violence of the waves against the shore and filled with water I therefore thought myself fortunate in having had them unladen on my arrival,—
—Meriwether Lewis
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