Journal entry · May 15, 1804
Camp River Dubois, Illinois — Charles Floyd: May 15, 1804
Charles Floyd · Camp River Dubois, Illinois · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, Pipers Landing, MO
Rainey morni[n]g fair wind the Later part of the day
Sailed som and encamped on the N. side some Land Cleared
the Soil verry Rich.
Sal
ewensday may 16″ 1804
Set out eriley this morning plesent arrived at S‘ Charles
at 2 oclock Pm_ one Gun Fired a Grait nomber of Friench
peaple Came to see the Boat &* this place is an old French
village & Roman Catholieck Some amerrican setled in the
Countrey around.
1 He is reckoning by the New England shilling —six to a dollar. — Ep.
1804] FLOYD’S JOURNAL
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, Pipers Landing, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 10.6 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Charbonier Bluff (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 4.1 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Terrain360 · the place today
Camp River Dubois, Illinois in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
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