Camp River Dubois, Illinois — Joseph Whitehouse: May 15, 1804

hard rain. we set out eairly. the current Swift, & water
muddy. passed Islands & Some inhabitants &c. the aftir
part of the day proved pleasant. we Camped on the North
Side.
[Wedne]sday 16%* May 1804.
a clear morning. Set out [eairly] and proceeded on verry
well. about 2 oClock P. M. [we ar]rived at S! Charls. and
passed the evening with a [gr eat deal of Satisfaction, all chear-
ful and in good spirits. ‘this place is an old french village
Situated on the North Side of the Missourie and are dressy
polite people and Roman Catholicks.
1 The matter between bracketed stars [*] is in the handwriting of Clark. — Ep.
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1804] WHITEHOUSE’S JOURNAL