Meriwether Lewis: September 1, 1803
September 1st The Pilott informed me that we were not far from a ripple which was much worse than any we had yet passed, and as there was so thick a fogg on the face of the water that no object was visible 40 paces he advised remaining untill the sun should acquire a greater altitude when the fogg would asscend and disappear; I conscented; we remained untill eight Oclock this morning when we again set out — these Foggs are very common on the Ohio at this season of the year as also in the spring. they are so heavy the drops falling from the trees from about midknight untill sunrise gives you the eydea of a constant gentle rain.
Source: Lewis’s 1803 journal, printed in Quaife, The Journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway (Wisconsin Historical Society, 1916). Public domain.
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