Expedition place · May 4, 1805
Missouri River above the Poplar River
5 journal entries · 1 analysis · Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Patrick Gass, Joseph Whitehouse, John Ordway
Terrain360 · the place today
Missouri River above the Poplar River in 360°
10 frames across 1.8 mi of the route around this location
The journal entries written here
May 1805
May 4
Clark: May 4, 1805
William Clark
“May 4th Satturday 1805 The rudder Irons of our large Perogue broke off last night, the replaceing of which detained us this…”
May 4
Lewis: May 4, 1805
Meriwether Lewis
“Saturday May 4th 1805. We were detained this morning untill about 9 OCk. in order to repare the rudder irons of the…”
May 4
Missouri River near Porcupine River — Patrick Gass: May 4, 1805
Patrick Gass
“6 82 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE noon we passed a creek on the south side, about 40 yards wide. The river has…”
May 4
Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 4, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse
“clear & pleasant. we delayed Some time to mend the rudder which Got broke last night. we Set off about 9 Oclock…”
May 4
Missouri River near Porcupine River — John Ordway: May 4, 1805
John Ordway
“Snow is all melted off the hills, we delayed Some time to mend the rudder of the red perogue which got broke…”
Nights the Corps camped here
- May 5, 1805 left shore, 3 mi SE Wolf Point, MT Entries for May 5, 1805
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
