Expedition place · May 7, 1805
Missouri River at the Milk River confluence
5 journal entries · 1 analysis · Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Joseph Whitehouse, John Ordway, Patrick Gass
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The journal entries written here
May 1805
May 7
Clark: May 7, 1805
William Clark
“May 7th Tuesday, 1805 A fine morning river rose 11/2 Inches last night, the drift wood beginning to run the water Something…”
May 7
Lewis: May 7, 1805
Meriwether Lewis
“Tuesday May 7th 1805. A fine morning, set out at an early hour; the drift wood begins to come down in consequence…”
May 7
Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 7, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse
“clear and pleasant. we Set off eairly. the wind rose from the East. we Sailed on untill about 12 oC. the wind…”
May 7
Missouri River near Porcupine River — John Ordway: May 7, 1805
John Ordway
“eairly. the wind rose from the East we sailed verry fast untill about 12 o. C. [when] one of the canoes filled…”
May 7
Missouri River near Porcupine River — Patrick Gass: May 7, 1805
Patrick Gass
“till 12 when it began to blow hard, and being all under sail one of our canoes turned over. Fortunately the accident…”
