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Journal entry · September 9, 1804
Clark: September 9, 1804
William Clark · Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): bar right side,10 mi SW of Geddes, SD (location uncertain, per NPS)
9th September Sunday 1804 Set out at Sunrise and proceeded on passed the
head of the Island on which we Camped, passed three Sand & willow
Islands, the Sand bars So noumerous, it is not worth mentioning them, the
river Shoal or Shallow wind S E Came too and Camped on a Sand bar on the
L. S. Capt Lewis went out to Kill a buffalow. I walked on Shore all this
evening with a view to Kill a Goat or Some Prarie Dogs in the evening
after the boat landed, I Derected my Servent York with me to kill a
Buffalow near the boat from a numbr. then Scattered in the plains, I saw
at one view near the river at least 500 Buffalow, those animals have been
in view all day feeding in the Plains on the L. S. every Copse of timber
appear to have Elk or Deer. D. Killed 3 Deer, I Kiled a Buffalow Y. 2, R.
Fields one.
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The NPS atlas for this night
bar right side,10 mi SW of Geddes, SD (location uncertain, per NPS)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 16.4 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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