Missouri River near Little Missouri

28 journal entries · April 13, 1805 – April 20, 1805 · 7 analyses

Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John Ordway, Patrick Gass

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April 1805

Clark: April 13, 1805 William Clark “13th of April Satturday 1805 Set out this morning at 6 oClock, the Missouri above the mouth of Little Missouri widens to…” Lewis: April 13, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Saturday April 13th Being disappointed in my observations of yesterday for Longitude, I was unwilling to remain at the entrance of the…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 13, 1805 John Ordway “men caught 2 beaver and one fish last night at Sun rise we Set 1 In McLean County, about \ miles below…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 13, 1805 Patrick Gass “our small canoes could not bear the sail. Some of the party caught some beaver, and some Frenchmen who were out trap-…” Clark: April 14, 1805 William Clark “14th of April Sunday 1805. a fine morning, a dog came to us this morning we Suppose him to be left by…” Lewis: April 14, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Sunday April 14th 1805. One of the hunters saw an Otter last evening and shot at it, but missed it. a dog…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 14, 1805 John Ordway “one of our men Set a trap for a beaver last night, & caught a large otter that broke the trap chain…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 14, 1805 Patrick Gass “morning. As we were setting out a black dog came to us, and went along, supposed to have belonged to a band…” Clark: April 15, 1805 William Clark “15th of April Monday 1805 Set out at an early hour, Captn Lewis walked on Shore and Killed a goose, passed a…” Lewis: April 15, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Monday April 15th 1805. Set out at an early hour this morning. I walked on shore, and Capt. Clark continued with the…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 15, 1805 John Ordway “off eairly. proceeded on. Sailed under a fine breeze from the S. E. passed Several runs on each side of the river…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 15, 1805 Patrick Gass “forward early as usual, and went on very well. Passed a large creek on the North side, called Goat-pen creek. We saw…” Clark: April 16, 1805 William Clark “16th of April Tuesday 1805 Wind hard from the S. E I walked on Shore and Killed an antilope which was verry…” Lewis: April 16, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Tuesday April 16th 1805. Set out very early this morning. Capt. Clark walked on Shore this morning, and killed an Antelope, rejoined…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 16, 1805 John Ordway “off eairly as usal. proceeded on the wind gentle from S. E. passed a Sand beach on the N. S. covered with…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 16, 1805 Patrick Gass “early part of it, a fair gentle wind. Captain Clarke went out and killed a Cabre or Antelope, the same kind of…” Clark: April 17, 1805 William Clark “17th of April Wednesday 1805 a fine morning wind from the S E. Genly to day handsom high extencive rich Plains on…” Lewis: April 17, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Wednesday April 17th 1805. A delightfull morning, set out at an erly hour. the country though which we passed to (lay was…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 17, 1805 John Ordway “Set off eairly. Some of the men caught 2 beaver and Several Small fish, a fair wind we sailed on Saw large…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 17, 1805 Patrick Gass “fair wind. The day was fine and we made good way. Passed a beautiful plain and two large creeks on the North…” Clark: April 19, 1805 William Clark “19th of April Friday 1805 a blustering windey day the wind So hard from the N, W. that we were fearfull of…” Lewis: April 19, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Friday April 19th 1805. The wind blew So hard this morning from N. W. that we dared not to venture our canoes…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 19, 1805 John Ordway “the Northward. So that we were obledged to lay at our last nights harbour all day. caught one large beaver last night…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 19, 1805 Patrick Gass “not set out until the next day. While we lay here, I went out to the hills, which I found very high,…” Clark: April 20, 1805 William Clark “20th of April Satturday 1805 wind a head from the N W. we Set out at 7 oClock proceeded on, Soon after…” Lewis: April 20, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Saturday April 20th 1805. The wind continued to blow tolerably hard this morning but by no means as violently as it (lid…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 20, 1805 Patrick Gass “able morning ; rapid water and a strong wind. Some of the canoes took in a good deal of water; and we…” Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 20, 1805 John Ordway “as it was yesterday this morning, we Set off about 7 oClock. we found it Cold polling, the air chilley. proceeded on.…”

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