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Original journal entries from all six expedition journalists: Lewis, Clark, Floyd, Ordway, Gass, and Whitehouse. Sourced from the Thwaites Edition (1904-1905).
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Jun
9
1805
Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 9, 1805 Analysis
the red perogue, & put out the Indian Goods &.C. to air. 2 of the hunters went out in the plains and…
Jun
9
1805
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 9, 1805 Analysis
to leave the large periogue here and part of the stores and baggage, and some of the men were engaged in digging…
Jun
10
1805
Clark: June 10, 1805 Analysis
June 10th Monday 1805 a fine day dry all our articles arrange our baggage burry Some Powder & lead in the point,…
Jun
10
1805
Lewis: June 10, 1805 Analysis
Monday June 10th 1805. The day being fair and fine we dryed all our baggage and merchandize. Shields renewed the main Spring…
Jun
10
1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 10, 1805 Analysis
a beautiful pleasant morning. the party employed Some makeing a towing line for the white perogue, others employed digging another hole So…
Jun
10
1805
Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 10, 1805 Analysis
men employed makeing a towing line for the white perogue. we burryed a canister of powder & Some led &.C. in the…
Jun
10
1805
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 10, 1805 Analysis
in the mouth of Maria’s river, and covered it over with brush. We then began to examine and assort our effects to…
Jun
11
1805
Clark: June 11, 1805 Analysis
June 11th Tuesday 1805 a fair morning wind from the S W. hard we burry 1 keg in the Cash & 2…
Jun
11
1805
Lewis: June 11, 1805 Analysis
Tuesday June 11th 1805 This morning I felt much better, but somewhat weakened by my disorder. at 8 A.M. I swung my…
Jun
11
1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 11, 1805 Analysis
a Clear pleasant morning. about 8 oClock Cap‘ Lewis, George Drewyer, G. Gibson, Jo. Fields & Silas Goodrich Set out for the…
Jun
11
1805
Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 11, 1805 Analysis
oClock Cap1 Lewis, George Drewyer G. Gibson Jo8 Fields & Silas Goodrich Set out for the Snowey So[u]th Mountains, we burryed on…
Jun
11
1805
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 11, 1805 Analysis
set out this morning to go to the mountains, which we had discovered towards the west. The rest of the party were…
Jun
12
1805
Clark: June 12, 1805 Analysis
June 12th 1805 Wednesday last night was Clear and Cold, this morning fair we Set out at 8 oClock & proceeded on…
Jun
12
1805
Lewis: June 12, 1805 Analysis
Wednesday June 12th 1805. This morning I felt myself quite revived, took another portion of my decoction and set out at sunrise.…
Jun
12
1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 12, 1805 Analysis
a clear pleasant morning. we burryed 3 traps which was for- got yesterday, and Set out about 7 oClock from Camp or…
Jun
12
1805
Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 12, 1805 Analysis
ryed 3 traps which was forgot when we made the Deposite yes- terday, about 7 oClock we Set out from Camp on…
Jun
12
1805
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1805 Analysis
in the mouth of Maria's river, and covered it over with brush. We then began to examine and assort our effects to…
Jun
13
1805
Meriwether Lewis: June 13, 1805 Analysis
I proceded on this course about two miles with Goodrich at some distance behind me whin my ears were saluted with the agreeable sound of a fall of…
Jun
13
1805
Joseph Whitehouse: June 13, 1805 Analysis
a beautiful pleasant morning. we Set out at an eairly hour & proceeded on. passed the Mouth of a Small River on…
Jun
13
1805
John Ordway: June 13, 1805 Analysis
Set out at an eairly hour a heavy diew proceeded on passed the mouth of a Small River on the Lard Side…
Jun
13
1805
Patrick Gass: June 13, 1805 Analysis
dew fell last night. We passed a large creek on the south side, called Snow creek. The water of the river is…
Jun
14
1805
Clark: June 14, 1805 Analysis
June 14th Friday 1805 a fine morning, the Indian woman complaining all night & excessively bad this morningher case is Somewhat dangeroustwo…
Jun
14
1805
Lewis: June 14, 1805 Analysis
Friday June 14th 1805. This morning at sunrise I dispatched Joseph Fields with a letter to Capt. Clark and ordered him to…
Jun
14
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 14, 1805 Analysis
a fare pleasant morning. 2 men lay out all last night, which walked on Shore one [with] a lame hand the other…
Jun
14
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 14, 1805 Analysis
last [night] 2 of them had Sore hands the other Sick, proceeded on passed a bottom on N. S. where Cap* Lewis…
Jun
14
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 14, 1805 Analysis
pleasant. About 7 o’clock A.M. we passed a place where Captain Lewis and his men had killed two bears, and had left…
Jun
15
1805
Clark: June 15, 1805 Analysis
June the 15th Satturday 1805 a fair morning and worm, we Set out at the usial time and proceeded on with great…
Jun
15
1805
Lewis: June 15, 1805 Analysis
Saturday June 15th 1805. This morning the men again were sent to bring in some more meat which Drewyer had killed yesterday,…
Jun
15
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 15, 1805 Analysis
a clear pleasant morning. we Set out at the usal hour. proceeded on. passed the rapidest water I ever Seen any crafts…
Jun
15
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 15, 1805 Analysis
out at the usal hour & proceeded on passed through the rapidest water I ever saw any craft taken through, passed high…
Jun
15
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 15, 1805 Analysis
most rapid water, I ever saw any craft taken through. At noon we stopped at the mouth of a creek on the…
Jun
16
1805
Clark: June 16, 1805 Analysis
June 16th of Sunday 1805 Some rain last night a cloudy morning wind hard from the S. W. we Set out passed…
Jun
16
1805
Lewis: June 16, 1805 Analysis
Sunday June 16th 1805 J. Fields set out early on his return to the lower camp, at noon the men arrived and…
Jun
16
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 16, 1805 Analysis
we had a Shower of rain & high wind the fore part of last night. aclear morning. all hands went over the…
Jun
16
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 16, 1805 Analysis
from the West the fore part of last night, a clear morning, all hands took the canoes up over the rapids, then…
Jun
16
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 16, 1805 Analysis
taking the canoes over the rapid about a mile in length, which having accomplished they returned and took up the periogue, where…
Jun
17
1805
Clark: June 17, 1805 Analysis
June 17th Monday 1805 a fine morning wind as usial Capt. Lewis with the party unloaded the Perogue & he determined to…
Jun
17
1805
Lewis: June 17, 1805 Analysis
Monday June 17th 1805. Capt. Clark set out early this morning with five men to examine the country and survey the river…
Jun
17
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 17, 1805 Analysis
a cloudy morning. Some men employed taking the canoes up the little River about 134 miles. 6 men employed make- ing Small…
Jun
17
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 17, 1805 Analysis
takeing the canoes up the little River. 6 men employed making Small low waggons for the purpose of hailing the canoes, Goods…
Jun
17
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 17, 1805 Analysis
the canoes up the small river about a mile and an half; and some engaged in making small waggons to haul the…
Jun
18
1805
Clark: June 18, 1805 Analysis
June 18th Tuesday 1805 we Set out early and arrived at the second great Cataract at about 200 yds above the last…
Jun
18
1805
Lewis: June 18, 1805 Analysis
Tuesday June 18th 1805. This morning I employed all hands in drawing the perogue on shore in a thick bunch of willow…
Jun
18
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 18, 1805 Analysis
a fine pleasant day. in the morning all hands halled out the White perogue, in a thicked of bushes below the bank…
Jun
18
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 18, 1805 Analysis
long perogue. we leave [it] in a bunch of bushes below the Camp, we covered hir over with bushes & dry wood.…
Jun
18
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 18, 1805 Analysis
and laid safe; and some men went to dig a place for deposit- ing more of our baggage. About 12 the two…
Jun
19
1805
Clark: June 19, 1805 Analysis
June 19th Wednesday 1805 We went on the Island to hunt the White bear this morning but Could not find him, after…
Jun
19
1805
Lewis: June 19, 1805 Analysis
Wednesday June 19th 1805. This morning I sent over several men for the meat which was killed yesterday, a few hours after…
Jun
19
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 19, 1805 Analysis
a clear cool morning. Several men Sent for the meat across the River which was killed last night. the wind verry high…
Jun
19
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 19, 1805 Analysis
men Sent over the River for the meat which was killed last night, three hunters sent up to the head of the…
Jun
19
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 19, 1805 Analysis
Three hunters set out for Medicine river, a large river above 102 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE the falls, which comes in on…
Jun
20
1805
Clark: June 20, 1805 Analysis
June 20th Thursday 1805 a Cloudy morning, a hard wind all night and this morning, I direct Stakes to be Cut to…
Jun
20
1805
Lewis: June 20, 1805 Analysis
Thursday June 20th 1805. This morning we had but little to do; waiting the return of Capt. Clark; I am apprehensive from…
Jun
20
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 20, 1805 Analysis
Some cloudy & cold. the wind continues high from the west. three or 4 men went across the River to hunt &c.…
Jun
20
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 20, 1805 Analysis
the wind continues high from the west off the mountains. 4 men Sent across the river to hunt, a light Sprinkling of…
Jun
20
1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 20, 1805 Analysis
out to kill some fat buffaloe. About 4 o’clock one of them came in for men to carry the meat to camp;…
Jun
21
1805
Clark: June 21, 1805 Analysis
June 21st Friday 1805 a fine morning wind from the S W. off the mountains and hard, Capt Lewis with the men…
Jun
21
1805
Lewis: June 21, 1805 Analysis
Friday June 21st 1805. This morning I employed the greater part of the men in transporting a part of the bagage over…
Jun
21
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 21, 1805 Analysis
a fair pleasant morning, the wind as usal. the party all raised up eairly. Cap! Lewis and Clark with all the party…
Jun
21
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 21, 1805 Analysis
high wind. The remainder of the meat was brought in, and one of the men killed 2 deer.
