Journal entry · June 8, 1805
Clark: June 8, 1805
William Clark · Marias River decision camp
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Harlan): on the point/junction between the Marias and Missouri Rivers
June 8th Saturday 1805 rained moderately all the last night & Some
this morning untill 10 oClock, I am Some what uneasy for Capt. Lewis &
party as days has now passed the time he was to have returned, I had all
the arms put in order and permited Severall men to hunt, aired and dried
our Stores &c. The rivers at this point has fallen 6 Inches Sinc our
arrival, at 10 oClock cleared away and became fairthe wind all the
morning from the S. W. & hardThe water of the South fork is of
a redish brown colour this morning the other river of a whitish colour as
usual-The mountains to the South Covered with Snow. Wind Shifted to the N
E in the evening, about 5 oClock Capt. Lewis arrived with the party much
fatigued, and inform’d me that he had assended the river about 60 miles by
Land and that the river had a bold current of about 80 or 100 yards wide
the bottoms of Gravel & mud, and may be estimated at 5 feet water in
Sholest parts
Some rain in the evening. the left hand fork rose a little.
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The NPS atlas for this night
on the point/junction between the Marias and Missouri Rivers
NPS campsite reconstruction (Harlan) · Camp of June 3 to June 11, 1805
About 13.4 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Decision Point (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.0 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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