Journal entry · June 25, 1804
Missouri River near Arrow Rock — Charles Floyd: June 25, 1804
Charles Floyd · Missouri River near Arrow Rock · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): island 2 mi below Independence, MO
we Set out at 8 oclock after the Fogue was Gon, [*] pass a
Coal Mine on the South Side above a Small Island, a Small
Creek below which takes its name from the bank of Coal, and
large Creek at about one Mile higher up the river on the Same
Side Called (un batteur La benne’ River) [*] [+]? passed
several small Islands on the South side, some hard water, &
camped on a small Island near the North Side Cap‘ Lewis
1 This is called Bennet and Benoit in Clark’s journal ; Coues identifies it (L. and
C., i, p. 32) as Mill Creek, Jackson Co., Mo. — Ep.
2 Words between bracketed asterisks are, as previously stated, in Clark’s hand-
writing ; those between bracketed daggers are in another hand, which we fail to
identify. — Ep.
LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS _ [June 26
killed a Rabit, R. Fields a Deer this evin® our flanking party
did not join us this evening (my hand is painfull)
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The NPS atlas for this night
island 2 mi below Independence, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 12.4 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- National Frontier Trails Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.1 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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