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Expedition place · September 5, 1803

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1 journal entry · Recorded by Meriwether Lewis

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The journal entries written here

September 1803

Sep 5 Meriwether Lewis: September 5, 1803 Meriwether Lewis “September 5thAgain foggy, loaded both my canoes and waited till the fogg disappeared set out at 8 OCl. had some difficulty in…”

Nights the Corps camped here

  • Sep 10, 1803 mouth Sims Creek (Lewis’s party)

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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