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Journal Entries

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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919 cross-narrator analyses compare journalists on the same date (857 days). Entries with an analysis are marked below. All analyses
Sep 24 1804
Clark: September 24, 1804 Analysis
Monday the 24th of September 1804 a fair morning Set out early, wind from the East, passed the mouth of a Creek…
William Clark · Missouri River near Big Bend
Nearest 360 · 5.8 mi
Sep 24 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Joseph Whitehouse: September 24, 1804 Analysis
Set off eairly passed a Small creek on the S. Side about 3 oClock Coulter came up the bank and told us…
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River near Big Bend
Nearest 360 · 5.8 mi
Sep 24 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — John Ordway: September 24, 1804 Analysis
off eairly. proceeded on passed a handsome prarie on N.S. where we found large plumb orcheds covered with ripe plumbs. passd the…
John Ordway · Missouri River near Big Bend
Nearest 360 · 5.8 mi
Sep 24 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 24, 1804 Analysis
passed a small creek on the south side. About 3 o’clock, the man who had gone by land with the horse, came…
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Big Bend
Nearest 360 · 5.8 mi
Sep 25 1804
William Clark: September 25, 1804 Analysis
25th Sept. A FAIR Morning the Wind from the S. E. all well, raised a Flag Staff & made a orning or Shade on a Sand bar in…
William Clark · Mouth of the Bad River, South Dakota
Grassy hillsides and an eroded slope, with houses and grain bins beyond, 2025360° capture 2.1 mi away
Sep 25 1804
Joseph Whitehouse: September 25, 1804 Analysis
E delayed to wait for the Indian chiefs and warrie[r]s ) to comé which we expected. about 10 oClock they came about…
Joseph Whitehouse · Bad River confluence, Pierre, South Dakota – Teton Sioux encounter
Grassy hillsides and an eroded slope, with houses and grain bins beyond, 2025360° capture 3.1 mi away
Sep 25 1804
John Ordway: September 25, 1804 Analysis
things made ready to receive the Band of the Souix nation of Indians, Called the Tribe of Tetons. about 10 o.C. A.…
John Ordway · Near Bad River (Teton River) confluence, Pierre, South Dakota – Teton Sioux encounter
Grassy hillsides and an eroded slope, with houses and grain bins beyond, 2025360° capture 3.1 mi away
Sep 25 1804
Patrick Gass: September 25, 1804 Analysis
who were expected to arrive, and at 10 o’clock they came, about 50 in number. The commanding officers made three of them…
Patrick Gass · Bad River confluence, Pierre, South Dakota – Teton Sioux encounter
Grassy hillsides and an eroded slope, with houses and grain bins beyond, 2025360° capture 3.1 mi away

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