Journal entry · July 15, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: July 15, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Great Falls Portage, Montana · Thwaites Vol. 4, pp. 388-390
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore Missouri River near Ulm, MT
Monday July 15th 1805. I arrose very early this morning, assigned the canoes their loads and had it put on board. we now found our vessels eight in number all heavily laden, notwithstanding our several deposits. At 10 A.M. we once more saw ourselves fairly under way much to my joy and I beleive that of every individual who compose the party. I walked on shore and killed 2 Elk near one of which the party halted and dined. we passed the river near where we dined and just above the entrance of a beautifull river 80 yards wide which falls in on the Lar. side in honour of Mr. Robert Smith the Secretary of the Navy we called [it] Smith’s River.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1904–05). Public domain.
The NPS atlas for this night
left shore Missouri River near Ulm, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 19.0 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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