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Original journal entries from all six expedition journalists: Lewis, Clark, Floyd, Ordway, Gass, and Whitehouse. Sourced from the Thwaites Edition (1904-1905).
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Jun
22
1805
Patrick Gass: June 22, 1805 Analysis
and his wife, set out through the prairie with one canoe on a waggon loaded heavy with baggage. We went on slowly…
Jun
22
1805
Joseph Whitehouse: June 22, 1805 Analysis
a fair pleasant morning. the wind as usal. the party all raised up eairly. Cap! Lewis and Clark with all the party…
Jun
23
1805
Clark: June 23, 1805 Analysis
June 23rd Sunday 1805 a Cloudy morning wind from the S. E, after getting the Canoe to Camp & the articles left…
Jun
23
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 23, 1805 Analysis
the wind has Shifted to the East. Cloudy. a light Sprink- ling of rain. in the afternoon one of the hunters came…
Jun
23
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 23, 1805 Analysis
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 103 this morning I found a material difference between the river and country here and below the falls.…
Jun
24
1805
Clark: June 24, 1805 Analysis
June 24th Monday 1805 a Cloudy morning I rose early had, the remaining Canoe hauled out of the water to dry and…
Jun
24
1805
Lewis: June 24, 1805 Analysis
Monday June 24th 1805. Supposing that Drewyer and R. Fields might possibly be still higher up medicine river, I dispatched J. Fields…
Jun
24
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 24, 1805 Analysis
a fair morning. we halled out the last canoe, & turned hir up to dry. all the party present Set out eairly…
Jun
24
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 24, 1805 Analysis
our camp. We found it very difficult to procure stuff for the boat. The two men which Captain Lewis had left in…
Jun
25
1805
Clark: June 25, 1805 Analysis
June 25th Tuesday 1805 a fair worm morning, Clouded & a few drops of rain at 5 oClock A.M. fair I feel…
Jun
25
1805
Lewis: June 25, 1805 Analysis
Tuesday June 25th 1805. This morning early I sent the party back to the lower camp; dispatched Frazier down with the canoe…
Jun
25
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 25, 1805 Analysis
a cloudy morning. we Set out with the 2 truck waggons, and returned back to the lower camp for another load. took…
Jun
25
1805
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 25, 1805 Analysis
the 2 truck waggons and returned back to the lower Camp for another load, took 2 canoes up the hill on the…
Jun
25
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 25, 1805 Analysis
for more canoes and baggage; and one went down to the hunter’s camp below Medicine river to bring him up in a…
Jun
26
1805
Clark: June 26, 1805 Analysis
June 26th Wednesday 1805 Some rain last night this morning verry Cloudy the party Set out this morning verry early with their…
Jun
26
1805
Lewis: June 26, 1805 Analysis
Wednesday June 26th 1805. The Musquetoes are extreemly troublesome to us. This morning early I dispatched J. Fields and Drewyer in one…
Jun
26
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 26, 1805 Analysis
a clear morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded on. Saw a nomber of large Swans on the River. Some of…
Jun
26
1805
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 26, 1805 Analysis
verry rapid water & Camped on a narrow bottom on the Lard Side.3 July 20th Saturday 1805. a clear morning we set…
Jun
26
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 26, 1805 Analysis
the river, and myself and another went over the river to collect bark; where a great gang of buffaloe came near us,…
Jun
27
1805
Clark: June 27, 1805 Analysis
June 27th Thursday 1805 a fair warm morning wind from the S, E, and moderate. Serjt. Pryor Something better this morning, I…
Jun
27
1805
Lewis: June 27, 1805 Analysis
Thursday June 27th 1805. The party returned early this morning for the remaining canoe and baggage; Whitehouse was not quite well this…
Jun
27
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 27, 1805 Analysis
a clear pleasant morning. We Set out as usal and proceeded on passed verry large Islands covered with grass [and] a fiew…
Jun
27
1805
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 27, 1805 Analysis
usal, and proceeded on. Some of the hunters killed a goose and a beaver, about 8 oClock A. M. we halted took…
Jun
27
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 27, 1805 Analysis
remaining canoe and baggage. The sick man is become bet- ter. This morning some elk came close to camp and we killed…
Jun
28
1805
Clark: June 28, 1805 Analysis
June 28th Friday 1805 a fair morning wind from the South I dispatch the remaining Canoe with baggage in her to the…
Jun
28
1805
Lewis: June 28, 1805 Analysis
Friday June 28th 1805. Set Drewyer to shaving the Elk skins, Fields to make the cross stays for the boat, Frazier and…
Jun
28
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 28, 1805 Analysis
now at this camp, but all busy about the boat; some shaving skins, some sewing them together; and some preparing the wood…
Jun
28
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 28, 1805 Analysis
Cap! Clark and 3 men Set out in order to go on to the 3 forks, expecting to find the Snake nation,…
Jun
29
1805
Clark: June 29, 1805 Analysis
Junne 29th Saltarday 1805 a little rain verry early this morning after Clear, finding that the Prarie was So wet as to…
Jun
29
1805
Lewis: June 29, 1805 Analysis
Saturday June 29th 1805. This morning we experienced a heavy shower of rain for about an hour after which it became fair.…
Jun
29
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 29, 1805 Analysis
in the morning; but a fine forenoon after it. Captain Lewis and a hunter went down the river about 7 miles, to…
Jun
29
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 29, 1805 Analysis
a clear pleasant morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded on. the current verry rapid. we found a goat Skin which…
Jun
30
1805
Clark: June 30, 1805 Analysis
June 30th Sunday 1805. a fair morning, I dispatch the party except 5 for the remaining baggage Scattered in the plains, two…
Jun
30
1805
Lewis: June 30, 1805 Analysis
Sunday June 30th 1805. We had a heavy dew this morning which is a remarkable event. Fraizer and Whitehouse still continue their…
Jun
30
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 30, 1805 Analysis
rare in this country. The men with the canoe and baggage did not return, as we expected.
Jun
30
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 30, 1805 Analysis
a clear pleasant morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded on. Saw a large white bear on an Island. Saw a…
Jul
1
1805
Clark: July 1, 1805 Analysis
White Bear Islands above the Falls of the Missouri July 1st Monday 1805 I arrived at this place to day at 3…
Jul
1
1805
Lewis: July 1, 1805 Analysis
Monday July 1st 1805. This morning I set Frazier and Whitehouse to sewing the leather on the sides of the sections of…
Jul
1
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 1, 1805 Analysis
tain Clarke and the men came with all the baggage except some they had left six miles back. The hail that fell…
Jul
1
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: July 1, 1805 Analysis
a clear morning. we Set out as usal, and proceeded on the current rapid. Saw Several Springs along the Shores. one of…
Jul
2
1805
Clark: July 2, 1805 Analysis
July 2nd Tuesday 1805 Some rain at day light this morning. dispatched the party for the remaining baggage left at the 6…
Jul
2
1805
Lewis: July 2, 1805 Analysis
Tuesday July 2cd 1805 A shower of rain fell very early this morning after which we dispatched the men for the remaining…
Jul
2
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 2, 1805 Analysis
which had been lost was found to-day. The men went out for the baggage which had been left on the way, and…
Jul
3
1805
Clark: July 3, 1805 Analysis
July 3rd Wednesday 1805 all of party employd in Sowing the Skins to the boat, burning Tare, preparing timber, hunting buffalow for…
Jul
3
1805
Lewis: July 3, 1805 Analysis
Wednesday July 3rd 1805. This morning early we employed all hands; some were making tar or attempting to make it, others were…
Jul
3
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 3, 1805 Analysis
the boat, that I had not visited the falls. I therefore set out with one of the men to-day for that purpose.…
Jul
4
1805
Clark: July 4, 1805 Analysis
,July the 4th Thursday 1805 A fine morning, a heavy dew last night, all hands employed in Completeing the leather boat, gave…
Jul
4
1805
Lewis: July 4, 1805 Analysis
Thursday July 4th 1805. Yesterday we permitted Sergt. Gass McNeal and several others who had not yet seen the falls to visit…
Jul
4
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 4, 1805 Analysis
engaged at the boat, and others in dressing skins for clothing, until about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, when we drank the…
Jul
5
1805
Clark: July 5, 1805 Analysis
July 5th Friday 1805 A fine morning and but little wind, worm and Sultrey at 8 oClockI Saw a large gangue of…
Jul
5
1805
Lewis: July 5, 1805 Analysis
Friday July 5th 1805. This morning I had the boat removed to an open situation, scaffold her off the ground, turned her…
Jul
5
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 5, 1805 Analysis
us who were engaged at the boat, went to hunt; at night they came in and had killed several buffaloe and some…
Jul
6
1805
Clark: July 6, 1805 Analysis
July 6th Satturday 1805 a heavy wind from the S W and Some rain about mid night last, at day light this…
Jul
6
1805
Lewis: July 6, 1805 Analysis
Saturday July 6th 1805 In the couse of last night had several showers of hail and rain attended with thunder and lightning.…
Jul
6
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 6, 1805 Analysis
to work were engaged at the boat; and four went down the river to hunt buffaloe, in order to get their skins…
Jul
7
1805
Clark: July 7, 1805 Analysis
July 7th Sunday 1805 A Warm day wind from the S. W Cloudy as usial, the four men hunters did not return…
Jul
7
1805
Lewis: July 7, 1805 Analysis
Sunday July 7th 1805. The weather warm and cloudy therefore unfavourable for many operations; I keep small fires under the boat; the…
Jul
7
1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: July 7, 1805 Analysis
a clear pleasant morning. We Set out as usal and proceeded on passed verry large Islands covered with grass [and] a fiew…
Jul
7
1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 7, 1805 Analysis
mained out all night. In the evening some few drops of rain fell; and the hunters came in; but had not good…
Jul
8
1805
Clark: July 8, 1805 Analysis
July 8th Monday 1805 A worm morning flying Clouds I deturmin take the width of the river at the falls & the…
