Journal entry · May 25, 1804

John Ordway: May 25, 1804

John Ordway · La Charette, Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, mouth of Charette Creek, MO

wood River on S Side land handsome the Soil Rich &C. high
Banks, encamped at a French village N. S, called S* Johns1 this is
the last Settlement of whites on this River.

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The NPS atlas for this night

left shore, mouth of Charette Creek, MO

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)

About 8.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)

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Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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