Journal Entry

Camp River Dubois, Illinois — John Ordway: May 15, 1804

May 15, 1804
John Ordway Camp River Dubois, Illinois Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

of the day. Sailed Some, encamped on N. Side Some land
cleared, the Soil verry Rich, &c.
Wensday May 16th 1804. Set out eairly, this morning pleasant,
arrived at S* Charles at 2 oClock P. M. one gun fired, a great
nomber of French people Come to See the Boat &C this place
is an old French Settlement & Roman Catholick. Some Ameri-
cans Settled in the country around.

Entities mentioned in this entry

Places:
Weapons:
Weather:

Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.

Terrain360 · the place today

Camp River Dubois, Illinois in 360°

Klondike to Mississippi River · 2,616 panoramas on this trail · 14 journal entries written here

Terrain360 panorama near Camp River Dubois, Illinois

10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location

Help improve this record

See something that needs correcting, or know a source we are missing? The archive gets better through its readers.

Send a correction

Our Partners

Follow the research

New findings, additions, and corrections from the archive. One email a month, no noise.