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Expedition place · September 21, 1805 – September 22, 1805

Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce

8 journal entries · 2 analyses · Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Patrick Gass, John Ordway

NPS High Potential Historic Site: Weippe Prairie (opens in a new tab) · National Historic Landmark

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The journal entries written here

September 1805

Clark: September 21, 1805 William Clark “Septr. 21st Saturday 1805 a fine morning Sent out all the hunters early in different directions to Kill Something and delayed with…” Lewis: September 21, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Saturday September 21st 1805. We were detained this morning untill 11 OCk. in consequence of not being able to collect our horses.…” Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce — Patrick Gass: September 21, 1805 Patrick Gass “which was disagreeably cold. About 8 this morning we set LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION © 145 out, and proceeded on in our…” Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce — John Ordway: September 21, 1805 John Ordway “not find all our horses untill about 10 oClock at which time we Set out, and proceed on soon crossed a creek…” Clark: September 22, 1805 William Clark “September 22nd Sunday 1805 a fine morning, I proceed on down the little river to about 11/2 a mile & found the…” Lewis: September 22, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Sunday September 22cd 1805. Notwithstanding my positive directions to hubble the horses last evening one of the men neglected to comply. he…” Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce — John Ordway: September 22, 1805 John Ordway “frost, we were detained Some time a hunting our horses, about nine oClock at which time we Set out assended a Mountain…” Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce — Patrick Gass: September 22, 1805 Patrick Gass “and about 12 o’clock halted at a spring to take a little more soup. The snow is chiefly gone except on the…”

Nights the Corps camped here

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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