Journal entry · May 25, 1804
William Clark: May 25, 1804
William Clark · La Charette, Missouri · Thwaites Vol. 1, pp. 31-32
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, mouth of Charette Creek, MO
Camped at the mouth of a Creek called River a Chouritte, [La Charrette], above a Small french Village of 7 houses and as many families, settled at this place to be convt. to hunt, & trade with the Indians, here we met with M. Louisell, imedeately down from the Seeder Islt. Situated in the Country of the Sciox 400 Leagues up he gave us a good Deel of information [and] Some letters he informed us that he Saw no Indians on the river below the Poncrars. Some hard rain this evening.
The people at this Village is pore, houses Small, they sent us milk & eggs to eat.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1904–05). Public domain.
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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)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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