Expedition place · August 19, 1806
Missouri River near present-day Bismarck
3 journal entries · 1 analysis · Recorded by William Clark, John Ordway, Patrick Gass
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Missouri River near present-day Bismarck in 360°
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The journal entries written here
August 1806
Aug 19
Clark: August 19, 1806
William Clark
“Tuesday 19th of August 1806 Some rain last night and this morning the wind rose and blew with great Violence untill 4…”
Aug 19
Mandan villages, Charbonneau family stays — John Ordway: August 19, 1806
John Ordway
“high wind so it detained us the hunters went out & killed 5 Elk [and] 10 deer about 4 P. M. the…”
Aug 19
Mandan villages, Charbonneau family stays — Patrick Gass: August 19, 1806
Patrick Gass
“water so rough, that our small canoes could not safely ride the waves: so we remained here and several of the men…”
Nights the Corps camped here
- Oct 17, 1804 right shore, 3 mi below Cannonball River, ND Entries for Oct 17, 1804
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
