Journal entry · September 7, 1804
William Clark: September 7, 1804
William Clark · Near Boyd County, Nebraska · Thwaites Vol. 1, pp. 137-139
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, 3 mi WNW of Greenwood, NE (location uncertain, per NPS)
7th of September Monday 1804 — Dried all our wet articles, this fine Day, Capt. Lewis went out with a View to See the Countrey and its productions, he was out all day he killed a Buffalow and a remarkable Bird (Magpy) of the Corvus Species long tail the upper part of the feathers & also the wings is of a purplish variated Green, the back & a part of the wing feathers are white edged with black, white belly, the head neck breast & other parts are black the Beeke like a Crow, abt. the Size of a large Pigion. a butifull thing. Capt. Lewis saw a hare & killed a Rattle snake in a village of Barking Squirels.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1904–05). Public domain.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 3 mi WNW of Greenwood, NE (location uncertain, per NPS)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 5.2 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- The Tower (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 1.0 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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