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Journal Entry 5/21/04
"Dine with Mr. Ducete & Set out from St. Charles at three oClock after getting every matter arranged, proceeded on under a jentle Breese, at one mile a Violent rain with Wind from the S. W.

Journal Entry 5/22/04
"Capt. Lewis walk on Shore a little & passed a Camp of Kickapoo Indians,  & incamped in the mouth of a Small Creek in a large Bend on the Stbd Side."

Kickapoo
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Journal Entry 5/23/04
"Wednesday May 23rd 8 Indians Kick: [Kickapoo] Came to Camp with meat we recved their pesents of 3 Deer & gave them Whisky."

"Thursday May the 24th 1804 Set out early passed a Small Isd in the Midlle of the river, opposit the on the Lbd. Side is projecting Rock of ½ a mile in extent against which the Current runs, this place is called the Devils race grounds,  above this Coms in a Small Creek called the little quiver, a Sand Island on the Stbd Side, passed Several Islands & 2 creeks, on the Stbd Side."

"Set out early Course West to a Point on Sbd. Side at 2 Miles passd a Willow Isd. in a Bend to the Ldb: a creek called wood rivr  Lbd. Side N 57° W. to a pt. on the Sb. Side 3 Miles passed the Mouth of a Creek St. Side Called Le quever,  this Same course continued to a Point Ld. Side 2 ½ Miles further."

"Set out at 7 oClock after a heavy Shour of rain (George Drewyer & John Shields, Sent by Land with the two horses with directions to proceed on one day & hunt the next) The wind favourable from the E N E passed [NB: a large island called Buffaloe Island 〈Creek back of Beef Isd〉 separated from the land by a small channel into which Buffaloe creek empties itself] 〈Beef island and river〉 on Lbd Side at 3 ½ Ms."

Journal Entries 5/27-28/04
"passed the upper point of a large Island on the Stbd Side back of which Comes in three Creeks one Called Orter Creek,  the men we left hunting Came in we camped on a Willow Island in the mouth of Gasconnade River. George Shannon Killed a Deer this evening."

"May 29th 180[4] Set out from the mouth of the gasconnade, where we took obsevn & c. left a Perogue for a man lost in the woods, Course N. 54 W 2 m to a point Lb. Side. Passed the Isd. on which we Camped, river still rised, water verry muddey."

Jourmal Entry 5/30-31/04
"one on St. Side of 60 yds wide called little Miry at2 ms. Passed a Creek of 15 yd. wide on the Lbd Side at 14 Miles Called Grindstone Creek & incamped in the Mouth, Low land on both Sides of the river & Creek."

Osage River

Journal Entries 6/1-2/04
"Some Swift water and banks falling in, Wind a head from the West, S 39° W 3 ms. to the Pt. above the mouth of Osage River Larb Side, Camped fell a number of Trees in the Point to take observation a fair after noon, Sit up untill 1 oClock to take Som observations &c."

"Camped in the mouth of the Creek aforesaid [Moreau River], at the mouth of this Creek I saw much fresh Signs of Indians, haveing Crossed 2 Deer Killed to day. I have a verry Sore Throat, 〈great〉 & am Tormented with Musquetors & Small ticks."

"June 4th 1804 Monday, a fair Day Sent out 3 hunters, our mast broke by the boat running under a tree Passed an Islands on Stbd Side on which grow Seede[r] a Creek at [blank] miles on the Starbd Sd. Course N. 30° W 4 ms. to pt. on St. Side below 2d Isd. passed a Creek on Lbd Side 15 yd. wide..."

"The Same course 2 ½ ms. Creek Cld. Manitou passed a 〈large Isd.〉 on the Lbd. Side about 40 yd. wide, a Sand bar in the middle of the River passed up between the Sand & L. Shore one Mile to a Small Creek 10 yd. wide, (I call Sand C).

"West 1½ ms. to a pt. on Std. Sd. opposit a Clift of rocks abt 200 foot N 31° W. 4 ms ½ to a pt. on L: Side passed Saline Creek on the L. Side a large Salt Lick & Spring 9 me. up the Creek..."

"passed Some Small willow Islands and Camped at the Mouth of a Small river called Good Womans River this river is about 35 yards wide and Said to be navagable for Perogues Several Leagues."

"Camped on the Lower point of an Id. L. S. called Rock Island the Mills,  here I found Kegs an Pummey [pumice] stone, and a place that fur or Skins had been burred [buried] by the hunters..."

"The Countrey on the S. S. high bottom & Delghtfull land that on the L. S. is up land or hills of from 50 to 100 foot higher than the bottom & a thinly wooded..."

Journal Entry 6/10-11/04
"the Current is excessively Swift about this place N. 80° W. 3 ms to [hole] a pt. on S. S. passed a Isd. Called Sheeco Islan wind from the N W Camped in a Prarie on the L. S...."

"The Timber Soil &C. is verry excelent, we Camped on N. Side of the River. Several Frenchmen Stayed with us all night comming down the River in Several pearogues Loaded with peltry Bound to St. Louis."

"We came too in the Mouth of Grand River on S. S. and Camped for the night, this River is 〈about〉 from 80 to 100 yards wide at its Mouth and navagable for Perogues a great distance ..."

Missouria
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"a Sand bar makeing out ⅔ Cross the river Sand Collecting &c forming Bars and Bars washg a way, the boat Struck and turned, She was near oversetting..."

"Continued up pass two other Small Islands and Camped on the S. S. Nearly opposit the Antient Village of the Little Osarges and below the Antt. Village of the Missoures both Situations in view an within three Ms. of each other, the Osage were Settled at the foot a hill in a butifell Plain which extends back quite to the Osage River, in front of the Vilg: Next to the river is an ellegent bottom Plain which extends Several miles in length on the river in this low Prarie.."

Osage
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"16th June Satterday Set out at 7 oClock Proceed on N. 68° W. 2½ ms. passed a Isd. close on the S. S. at the lower point ..."

Journal Entries 6/17-18/04
"June 17 Sunday 1804 Cloudy Wind, S. E. Set out early S. 65° W 1 Me. Came too to Make ores, and a Cord for a Toe Rope all this day imployed in getting out Ores, & makeing for the use of the Boat out of a large Cable rope which we have..."

"Plenty of Goose & Rasp buries on the banks, passed a verry bad point of rocks of ½ a mile oblige to Draw the Boat up by a rope, Camped opposit a Lake at 2 ms. distant on the L. S. this lake is large and is a place of great resort for Deer and fowls of everry Kind the bottom low & covered with rushes..."

"...passed Som verry Swift water to day, I saw Pelicans to day on a Sand bar, my servant York nearly loseing an eye by a man throwing Sand into it, we came too at the lower Point of a Small Island, the party on Shore we have not Seen Since we passed Tiger R— The Land appeard verry good in each Side of the River to day and well timbered..."

"...with the assistance of a long Cord or Tow rope, & the anchor we got the Boat up with out any furthr dang. [damage] than Bracking a Cabbin window & loseing Someoars which were Swong under the windows, passed four Isds to day two large & two Small behind the first large Island two Creeks mouth Called (1) Eue-bert [NB: Hubert] Creek & River & Isd. the upper of those Creeks head against the Mine River & is large, passed a verry remarkable bend in the River to the S. forming an accute angle..."

"Come to opposit the mouth of a large Creek on the S. S. Called River of the Fire Prarie at the mouth of this creek the party on Shore Shields & Collins was camped waiting for our arrival & inform that they Pass'd thro: Some fine Lands, and well watered..."

"...at the lower end of this Island I got out of the boat to walk on Shore, & expected the party on Shore would overtake me at the head of the Island, they did not & I proceeded on round a round and extensive bend in the river..."

"pass a bad part of the river, on the S. S. the rocks projected into the river Some distance, a Creek above Called Shariston Carta, in the evening we Passed thro: between two Sand bars at the head we had to raise the Boat 8 Inches to get her over, Camped 〈at〉 near the lower point of an Island on the L. Side, party in high Spirrits. The Countrey on each Side of the river is fine interspersed with Praries, in which imence herds of Deer is Seen, on the banks of the river we observe numbers of Deer watering and feeing on the young willow..."

"...on the South Side, this bank appears to Contain great quantity of fine Coal, the river being high prevented our Seeeing that contained in the Cliffs of the best quallity, a Small Creek mouth's 〈in〉 below This bank Call'd after the bank 〈Chabonea〉 [NB: Charbon] Creek the Wind from the N. W. passed a Small Creek on the L. Side at 12 oClock, Called Bennet's Creek The Praries Come within a Short distance of the river on each Side which Contains in addition to Plumbs..."

Kansas River
June 26 - 28th

"Swift water this afternoon the Rope Broak & the Boat Swong But Took no Injury. at Sunset we arrived at the Kanses River, our flanking party joined us. we camped on the fork between the Two Rivers. on South Side of the Missouris, Several nations of Indians up this River,"

"Hills above the upr. pt of Isd. L. S. a large Sand bar in the middle. Passed a verry bad place of water..."

"passd the (1) mouth of a Small river 10 ms. above the Kanseis Called by the french Petite River Platte (or Shoal river) from the number of falls in it..."

"pass a Creek on the L. S. called remore (Tree Frog) Creek, an Isd above in the Mid: and 〈a Pond on〉 2 Willow Isds on the S. S. all of the Same name; The two Willow Isds. has been made within 3 years & the Main Chanl. runs now on the L S. of the large Island where there was no running wate[r] at low water from this Island the range of Hills up the river to the N, W, pass a run on the L. S.  a Butifull extensive Prarie..."

Kaw
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"we Camped after dark on the S. S. above the Island & opposit the 1st old village of the Kanzes which was Situated in a valley, between two points of high Land, and imediatly on the river bank, back of the village and on a riseing ground at about one mile..."

"opposit the head on the S. S. is a large Pond Containg Beever, & fowl, a bad Sandbar on the S. S. above the Island, on the L. S. we halted at an old Tradeing house, [NB: deserted] here we found a verry fat horse, which appears to have been lost a long time a butifull Small run passes back of the Tradeing house near the high land, we came to at a round bend on the L. S. and Camped..."

"Passed the mouth of a Beyeue [bayou] leading from a Lake on the S. S. this Lake is large and was once the bend of the River.."
"We Camped in the plain   one of the most butifull Plains, I ever Saw, open & butifully diversified with hills & vallies all presenting themselves to the river covered with grass and a few scattering trees..."

"Set out verry early, proceeded on near the bank where the old village Stood for two miles, (Swam the hors found a few day ago) passed Some bad Sand bars, The Origan of this old village is uncertain..."

"This Sand bar from the L. Point, this Sand bar is verry bad, at the 4th Point from the S. S. is a verry extensive bar, at the Point of which is a Small willow Island this is Called the Grand Detour 〈of〉 or Great bend [NB: great band is higher up]..."

Note the state line indicates a bend in the river that is no longer there. "Incamped on the S. S. at 7 oClock a Violent Ghust of wind from the N. E. with Some rain, which lasted half an hour (G D. informs me that he Saw in a Pond on the S. S. which we passed yesterday..."

"passed up a narrow Channel of about 80 to 100 yds wide about 5 miles to the mouth of Nadawa River  which coms in to this channel from the N W. and is abt. 70 yards wide at its mouth [blank] feet Deep and has a jentle Current, Perogues can navagate this river near its head, which is between the Missourie & the Grand River, passed up the gut ¾ of a mile to the river at the head of the 〈river〉 Island & camped..."

"Camped opposit the head of the Island on the L. S.  Saw a fire on the S. S. Supposedly the four flankers, to be theire, Sent a perogue for them, the Patroon & Bowman of the Perogue French, they returned & informed, that when they approached the fire, it was put out, which caused them to return, this report causd. us to look out Supposeing a pty. of Soux going to war, firierd the bow piec to allarm & put on their guard the men on Shore everey thing in readiness for Defence."

"Camped for the night, at a point on the S. S. opposit a yellow Clay Clift.— our men all getting well but much fatigued, the river is on a Stand nether rise nor fall, The bottom on the S. S. is verry extensive & thick. the Hills or high land is near the river on the L. S. and but thinly timbered, back of those hills is open plains."

Journal Entry 7/11-12/04
"I joined the party on a large Sand Island imediately opposit the mouth of 〈Ne Ma haw〉 [NB: Nămăhw] River, at which place they had Camped, this Island is Sand about half of it Covered with Small Willows of two different Kinds,"

"at two miles passed the mouth of a Small river on the S. S. Called by the Indians Tar-ki-o, a Channel running out of the river three miles above (which is now filled up with Sand) runs into this Creek & and formed a Island Called St. Josephs ."
"Camped on a large Sand Bar makeing out from the L. P. opposit a high hanson Prarie, the hills about 4 or 5 miles on S. S."

"Some Small open Praries near the hills, the Boat passed the lower part of a large Island Situated on the S. S. above the Lower point of this Island on the S. S. a (2) large Creek coms into the river Called by the Maha's [NB: Mahar] Indians Neesh-nah-ba-to-na 50 yds [NB: Neĕsh-năh bă t na]"

Otoe
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"pased a Creek on the South〈e〉 Side Called Plumb Run water verry Strong passed a Creek on the South Side Called Nemahaw Creek it is about 30 yards wide the Land is High and Good. encamt on the South〈e〉 Side."

Journal Entry 7/16-17/04
Note that the state border is suddenly different from the river, most likely the river changed course.
"We Concluded lay by at this place to day to fix the Lattitude & Longitude of this place to Correct the cromometer run down Sunday) Several men out by day light hunting Capt. Lewis Concld. to ride out to Neesh-nah-ba-to-na Creek which passes under the ball hills near this place and at one place a little above this Camp is within 300 〈miles〉 yards of the Missouris on this Creek grows."

"Strong pace of Water. Saw a Dog on the Bank Which we Sepose to be Indians had ben Lost this is the first Sine of Indians we have Saw Camptd on the South Side the Land is Low that on the N. Side is prarie Land."

"Deep bend to the L S. camped on the right Side of the Willow Island—  W. Bratten hunting on the L. S Swam to the Island. Hunters Drewyer killed 2 Deer, Saw great numbers of young gees. The river Still falling a little Sand bars thick always in view."

"From this evenings incampment a man may walk to the 〈Pane〉 [NB: Pawnee] Village on the S 〈East〉 bank of the Platt River in two days, and to the Otteaus in one day all those Indians are Situated on the South bank of the Plate River, as those Indians are now out in the praries following & Hunting the buffalow, I fear we will not See them."

Pawnee
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Platte River

l"at 7 oClock the wind luled and it Commnc'd raining, arrived at the lower Mouth of the Great River Platt at 10 oClock (about 3 ms. above the Hill of wood land, the Same range of High land Continus within ¾ of a mile of the mouth below[)] This Great river being much more rapid than the Missourie forces its current against the opposit Shore,..."

Journal Entry 7/22 -26/04
"White Catfish Camp 25th of July Wednesday. Several hunters Sent out. at 2 oClock the Two men Sent to the Otteaz Village returned and informed that no Indians were at the Town they Saw Some fresh Sign near that place which they persued, but Could not find them, they having taken precausions to Conceal the rout which they went out from the Village."

Ottawa
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Council Bluffs

"Camped in a bend to the 〈right〉 L. S. in Some wood,  I took R. Fields & walked on Shore & Killed a Deer, and did not get to the Boat untile after night ."

"passed a Bluff on the S. S. it being the first high land approachig the river above the Nodaway, a Island and Creek S. S. just abov this creek I call 〈Bald〉 Indian Knob G. Drewyer Came with a Dee[r] & informs he heard fireing to the S. W. I walked on Shore on the S. S. found some good Prarie out from the S. pt. The High Lands approach the river 1st bend to left ..."

Journal Entries 7/29- 8/3/04
"August 3rd Friday prepare a Small preas[en]t for those Indians and hold a Councul  Delivered a Speech & made 8 6 chief [hole] gave a fiew preasents and, a Smoke a Dram, Some Powder & Ball—[hole] the man [La Liberté] we 〈left〉 Sent not yet come up, Those people express great Satisfa[ct]ion at the Speech Delivered they are no Oreters, big [beg?], open Counternances, ottoes large Missor [Missouris] Small."

"passed a pt. on the S. S. here the high Lands is Some Distance from the river on both Sides, and at the this place the High lands are at least 12 or 15 miles apart, the range of high land on the S. S. appear to Contain Some timber— that on the L. S. appear to be intireley Clear of any thing but what is Common in an open Plain, Some Scattering timber or wood is to be Seen in the riveens and where the Creeks pass into the Hill— the points and wet lands Contain tall timber back of the willows which is generally Situated back of a large Sand bar from the Points."

"Camped on the S. S. Shore S. S. this evening Saw Some turkeys and in persueing them Struk the river 12 miles below the place by water I went out, I think the Peninsuly is about 370 yards across.."

Little Sioux River (River de Cueoux) 8/8/04
"August the 8th 1804  Set out this morning at the usial time at about 2 miles (1) passed a part of the river So choked up with Snags that we found a little dificult to get thro' with Safty, the wind as usial from the N W. one of the Soldiers Killed a Pilican on the Sand Isd. passed the mouth of Little (2) River de Cueoux on the S. S."

Sea of white feathers 8/8/04
This sand bar was entirely covered with white pelicans, preening themselves in their summer molt, resulting in a blanket of feathers floating down river that was over 3 miles long and 75 yards wide.

"I walked on Shore, Saw an Elk, crossed a Istmust [isthmus] of ¾ of a mile to the river,  & returned to the boat Camped on the L. S. above a Beaver Den. Musqutors verry troubleson."

Omaha
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"...about 4 miles above the bend on the L. S. is the Commencement of a Bluff which is about 4 miles extending on the river, of yellow and brown Clay in Some parts in it near the river a Soft Sand Stone is inbeded on the top (which is from 20 to 150 feet above the water, & rises back) is Covered with timber, a fiew red Ceider is on this Bluff, the wind Comes round to the S. E."

"at about 12 oClock the Party returned and informed. us that they Could not find the Indians nor any fresh Sign, those people have not returned from their Buffalow hunt, Those people haveing no houses no Corn or any thing more than the graves of their ancesters to attach them to the old Village, Continue in pursuite of the Buffalow longer than others who had greater attachments to their native Village— the ravages of the Small Pox [NB: about 4 years ago] (which Swept off 400 men & women & Children in perpoposion) has reduced this Nation not exceeding 300 men."

Sioux
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Sioux River

"21st August Tuesday we Set out verry early this morning under a Gentle Breeze from the S. E Course S. 82° E 3 mes to the upper pt. of a Bluff on the S. S. passed Willow Creek and Some 〈Stone〉 rock 〈above〉 below the mouth of the Seouex river on the Starboard Side."

"Camped on the S. S. a Great Deel of Elk Sign fresh Capt. Lewis took a Dost of Salts this evening to carry of the effects of (arsenec) or cobalt which he was trying to find out the real quallity  passed a Clift of Rock much impregnated with alum, Containing also a great quantity of Cabalt."

"Camped on the L S above the Island  Saw an elk Standing on a Sand bar. Shields Shot it thro' the neck."

"we passed the mouth of a large Creek on N. S. called white Stone River which is abt. 50 yards wide & extends a Great distance in to the Countrey, we Camped on the S. S. of the Missouri.—"

"Set out at 12 oClock and proceeded on Six miles and Camped on the L. S. passed a Bluff of blue earth at 3 miles and a large Sand Island in a bend to the S. S. at 5 miles, R Fields brought in 5 Deer, G Shannon an Elk this eveng:"

"passd. a Island & large Sand bars on both sides river wide and a Clift of White earth on the L. S of 2 ms. in length to a point of Willows on the S. S opposit Arch Creek above the mouth of this Creek a Chief of the Maha nataton displeased with the Conduct of Black bird the main Chief came to this place and built a Town which was called by his name Petite Arch (or Little Bow) "

"above this Bluff we Set the Prarie on fire, to let the Soues Know we wished to see them at two oClock an Indian Swam to the Perogue, we landed & two other Came they were boys, they informed us that the Souex were Camped near, on the R Jacke one Maha boy informed us his nation was gorn to make a peace with the Pania's [Pawnee] we Send Sjt. Pryor & a frenchman with the Interptr. Mr. Durion to the Camp to See & invite their Great Chiefs to Come and Counsel with us at the Callemet Bluffs [blank] Mile abov on L. S.— we proceed on 1½ miles farther & Camped S S."

Yankton Sioux
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankton_Sioux_Tribe)
According to local legend, when Meriwether Lewis learned that a male child had been born near the expedition's encampment in what is today southeastern South Dakota, he sent for the child and wrapped the new born baby boy in an American flag during the council at Calumet Bluff in late August 1804. Lewis declared the baby an American. This boy grew up to become a headman (chief) of the Ihanktonwan Dakota (Yankton Sioux), known as Struck By-the-Ree. However, the journals of the expedition make no mention of this incident.

Fort Yankton 8/28/04 to 9/7/04
"Camped below the Calumet Bluff in a Plain on the L. S.  to waite the return of Sergt Pryor & Mr. Durioun, who we Sent to the Soues Camp from the mouth of R: Jacque, before we landed the French rund a Snag thro: their Perogue, and like to have Sunk, we had her on loaded, from an examonation found that this Perogue was unfit for Service.."

"near the foot of this high Nole we discovered a Village of an annamale the french Call the Prarie Dog."

"8th of September 1804 Satturday. Set out early and proceeded on under a Gentle breese from the S. E. at 3 mes passed the place where Trodow wintered one winter [17]96 〈below the mouth of a creek on the L. S."

Ponca
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"R. Fields came to the Boat had killed one Buffalow. passed red ceeder on the edge of the hills on bouth Sides of the river but most on the bluff on L S. passed a handsome round knob on the hill on L. S. little abo. passed a Smll Creek in bend at lower end of a Sand bar L. S. and Camped on a Sandbar."

"three miles above Ceder Island passed a large Island on the S. S, no water on that Side (3) Several elk Swam to this Island passed a Small Island near the Center of the river, of a mile in length, and Camped on one aboav Seperated from the other by a narrow Chanel, Those Islands are Called Mud Islands."

"The Rain continued untill 7 o'Clock in the evening. We sent one Man with the horse (the only one that we had left) to go along the shore and we encamped on the South side of the River."

"a Dark Cloudy Day the wind hard from the N. W. we passed (1) a Island the middle of the river at the head of which we found great dificuelty in passing between the Sand bars the water Swift and Shallow, it took ¾ of the day to make one mile, we Camped on the L. S. opsd. a Village of Barking Prarie Squriels."

"Camped on the 〈L〉 S. Side under a Bluff. the Bluffs on the S. S. not So much impregnated with mineral as on the L. S. muskeetors verry troublesom."

"The Soil of those Plains washes down into the flats, with the Smallest rain & disolves & mixes with the water.  we See back from the river high hills in a leavel plain, evidently the remains of mountains, what mud washed into the river within those few days has made it verry mudy, passed two Small Creeks on the L. S. & Camped below a 3rd on the L. S.  rained all evening."

"passed a Small Island Covered with Ceder timber, & great number of rabits, no game except rabits, and Camped on the S. S. opposit a large Creek, on which there is more wood than usial on Creeks in this quaterr this creek raised 14 feet last rain."

"We Camped on the South Side in a Small Grove of Timbers, 2 hours eairlier than usal the wind being a head, in order to jurk our meat &.C the Bones of the woolf was taken apart and Saved as well as the Skins of them boath in order to Send back to the States next Spring, with the other curiousities we have or may have &.C."

Journal Entry 9/19/04 ???
"Captain Lewis and George Drewyer went out to hunt on an Island, opposite to which Island, is a River called the Souix Passover, of the Three Rivers; at the upper end of the same Island, comes in a Creek, called Elm Creek, up the Bluffs about 2 Miles, we paesed a Creek called Wash Creek."

"September the 20th Thursday 1804 Detchd, 3 men with the horse, to stay and hunt & jurk provisions untill we get around (1) passed a Island on the S. S.  the river Crouded with Sand bars"

“…Capt Lewis went out to hund on the Island a greatnumber of Buffalow in Sight I must Seal up all those Scrips & drawfrom my Journal at Some other time Wm Clark Cpt. [of E.?]....”

“…our hunters discovered a Ricara village on an Island a flew miles above we passed the 1s Ricara Village about the center of the Island, in presence of Great numbers of Spectators and Camped above the Island on the L. S. at the foot of Some highland. (Mr. Gravotine a French man joined us as an interpreter) The Island on which 1s Ricara Village is Situated, is about 3 miles long Seperated from the Main L. Side by a Narrow Deep Channel, those Indians Cultivate on the Island Corn Beens Simmins,Tobacco &c &c....”

Teton Sioux
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“…Saw an old Village of the Mandans below the Chess chi ter R. appear to have been fortified above the village on the Same L. S. is a coal bank where we Campd. passeda Small Creek on the S. S. and an Island on the L. S Covered with willows Small Cotton[wood] ...”

Mandans
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"27th of October Satturday 1804 we Set out early and Came too at the village [Matootonha] on the L. S. where we delayed a few minits, I walked to a Chiefs Logg [lodge] & Smoked with them, but Could not eat, which did displease them a little, here I met with a Mr: Jessomme, who lived in this nation 18 [13?] years, I got him to interpet & he proceedd on with us we proceeded on to a Centeral point opposit the Knife River, & formed a Camp on the S. S. above the 2d Mandan village  & opsd. the Mah-har-ha village."

Hidatsa
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Sacagawea joins the Lewis and Clark expeditition
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"Sacagawea was pregnant with her first child when the Corps of Discovery arrived near the Hidatsa villages to spend the winter of 1804–05. Captains Meriwether Lewis  and William Clark built Fort Mandan.  They interviewed several trappers who might be able to interpret or guide the expedition up the Missouri River in the springtime. They agreed to hire Charbonneau as an interpreter when they discovered his wife spoke Shoshone, as they knew they would need the help of Shoshone tribes at the headwaters of the Missouri."

Arikara
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“…extended his walk several miles back on thehills; in the bottom lands he had met with several uninhabited Indian lodgesbuilt with the boughs of the Elm, and in the plains he met with the remains oftwo large encampments of a recent date, which from the appearance of some hoopsof small kegs, seen near them we concluded that they must have been the campsof the Assinniboins, as no other nation who visit this part of the missouriever indulge themselves with spirituous liquor. of this article the Assinniboins arepationately fond...”

“…Capt Clark walked on shore; the wind tho' ahead was not violent. the country through which we passed is verysimelar in every rispect to that through which we have passed for severaldays.— We saw immence herds of buffaloe Elk deer& Antelopes. Capt Clark killed a buffaloe and 4 deer in the course of hiswalk today; and the party with mekilled 3 deer, 2 beaver, and 4 buffaloe calves...”

Yellowstone River - 4/25/04
"This morning we were detained untill 9 A. M. in consequence of the absence of one of Charbono's horses. the horse at length being recovered we set out and [NB: passed above our camp a small river called Youmalolam riv."
"this Cheif by nameYel-lept' had visited us on the morning of the 19 of October at our encampment a little below this place."

Crow
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“…saw the carcases of many Buffaloe lying deadalong the shore partially devoured by the wolves and bear. saw a great numberof white brant also the common brown brant, geese of the common kind and asmall species of geese which differ considerably from the common canadiangoose; their neck head and beak are considerably thicker shorter and largerthan the other in proportion to it's size, they are also more than a thirdsmaller, and their note more like that of the brant or a young goose which hasnot perfectly acquired his notes...”

“…the country we passed today on the North sideof the river is one of the most beautifull plains we have yet seen, it rises gradually from the river bottom to the hight of 50 or 60 feet, then becoming level as a bowling green. extends back as far as the eye can reach; on the S. side the river hills are more broken and much higher tho' some little destance back the country becomes level and fertile. no appearance of birnt hills coal or pumice stone, that of salts still continue. vegitation appears to have advanced very little since the 28th Ulto...”

Assiniboine
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“…The hunters returned this evening having seenno tents or Indians nor any fresh sign of them; they killed two Mule deer, onecommon fallow or longtailed deer, 2 Buffaloe and 5 beaver, and saw several deerof the Mule kind of immence size, and also three of the Bighorned anamals. fromthe appearance of the Mule deer and the bighorned anamals we beleive ourselvesfast approaching a hilly or mountainous country...”

“…The hills and river Clifts which we passed today exhibit a most romantic appearance. The bluffs of the river rise to the hight of from 2 to 300 feet and in most places nearly perpendicular; they are formed of remarkable white sandstone which is sufficiently soft to give way readily to the impression of water; two or threthin horizontal strat as of white free-stone, on which the rains or water make no impression, lie imbeded in these clifts of soft stone near the upper part of them; the earth on the top of these Clifts is a dark rich loam, which forming a graduly ascending plain extends back from ½ a mile to a mile where the hills commence and rise abruptly to a hight of about 300 feet more...”

“…Set out to examine the South fork, our firstCourse was S. 25° W. 7 miles to the S. fork at a Spring, at which place the little river which falls into the N. fork is 100 yards distant only Seperated from the 〈right〉 South fork by a narrow ridge.  our course from thence S. 20° W. 8 miles to the river at an Island where we dined below a small river falls in on the S E Side which heads in a mountain to the S. E about 20 miles. North of this place about 4 miles the little river brakes thro' a high ridge into the open Leavel plain thro which we have passd..”

“…I set out and proceeded up the river about S.W. after passing one continued rappid and three small cascades of abut for or five feet each at the distance of about five miles I arrived at a fall of about 19 feet; the river is here about 400yds. wide. this pitch which I called the crooked falls occupys about three fourths of the width of the river, commencing on the South side, extends obliquly upwards about 150 yds. then forming an accute angle extends downwards nearly to the commencement off our small Islands lying near the N. shore; among these Islands and between them and the lower extremity of the perpendicular pitch being a distance of 100 yards or upwards, the water glides down the side of a sloping rock with a volocity almost equal to that of it's perpendicular decent. just above this rappid the river makes a suddon bend to the right or Northwardly. I should have returned from hence but hearing a tremendious roaring above me I continued my rout across the point of a hill a few hundred yards further and was again presented by one of the most beatifull objects in nature, a cascade of about fifty feet perpendicular streching at rightangles across the river from side to side to the distance of at least a quarter of amile. here the river pitches over a shelving rock, with an edge as regular and as streight as if formed by art, without a nich or brake in it; the water decends in one even and uninterupted sheet to the bottom wher dashing against the rocky bottom rises into foaming billows of great hight and rappidly glide away, hising flashing and sparkling as it departs the sprey rises from on eextremity to the other to 50 f.”

“…it was late in the evening before I entered this place and was obliged to continue my rout untill sometime after dark before I found a place sufficiently large to encamp my small party; at length such an one occurred on the lard. side where we found plenty of light wood and pich pine. this rock is a black grannite below and appears to be of a much lighter colour above and from the fragments I take it to be flint of a yelloish brown and light creem colourd yellow.— from the singular appeaerance of this place I called it the gates of the rocky mountains. the mountains higher today than yesterday, saw some Bighorns and a few Antelopesalso beaver and Otter; the latter are now very plenty one of the men killed one of them today with a setting pole…”

“…I observed that the rocks which form the cliftson this part of the river appear as if they had been undermined by the river and by their weight had seperated from the parent hill and tumbled on their sides, the strat as of rock of which they are composed lying with their edges up; others not seperated seem obliquely depressed on the side next the river as if they had sunk down to fill the cavity which had been formed by the washing and wearing of the river. I have observed a red as well as a yellow species of gooseberry which grows on the rocky Clifts in open places of a swetish pine like flavor, first observed in the neighbourhood of the falls;at least the yellow species was first observed there....”

“…The hunters joined me at 1 oClock, I dispatched 2 men to prosue an Indian roade over the hills for a fiew miles, at the narrows I assended a mountain from the top of which I could See that the river forked near me the left hand appeared the largest & bore S. E. the right passed from the West thro' an extensive Vallie, I could See but three Small trees in any Direction from the top of this mountain. passed an Isld. and Encamped ion the Lard.Side the only wood was Small willows...”

Sacagawea finds her brother
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"Shortly after Capt. Clark arrived with the Interpreter Charbono, and the Indian woman, who proved to be a sister of the Chief Cameahwait. The meeting of those people was really affecting, particularly between Sah cah-gar-we-ah and an Indian woman, who had been taken prisoner at the same time with her, and who had afterwards escaped from the Minnetares and rejoined her nation."

Shoshone
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“…from hence we proceeded to a fine spring on the side of the mountain where I had lain the evening before I first arrived at the Shoshone Camp….I now informed Cameahwait of my intended expedition overland to the great river which lay in the plains beyond the mountains and told him that I wished to purchase 20 horses of himself and his people to convey our baggage.he observed that the Minnetares had stolen a great number of their horses this spring but hoped his people would spear me the number I wished. I also asked a[X: nother] guide, he observed that he had no doubt but the old man who was with Capt. C. would accompany us if we wished him and that he was better informed of the country than any of them. matters being thus far arranged I directed the fiddle to be played and the party danced very merily much to the amusement and gratification of the natives…”

“…hills high & rockey on each Side, in the after part of the day the high mountains closed the Creek on each Side and obliged us to take on the Steep Sides of those Mountains, So Steep that the horses Could Screcly keep from Slipping down, Several Sliped & Injured themselves verry much, with great dificuelty we made [blank] miles [NB: about8 m. see Courses & Dist] [EC:courses and distances make 14 miles] & Encamped on a branh of the Creek we assended after Crossing Several Steep points & one mountain...”

“..we assended a mountain & took a Divideing ridge which we kept for Several Miles & fell on the head of a Creek which appeared to run the Course we wished to go, I was in front, & Saw Several of the Argalia or Ibex decended the mountain by verry Steep decent takeing the advantage of the points and best places to the Creek, where our hunter killed a Deer which we made use of and prosued our Course down the Creek to the forks about 5 miles where we met a part of the 〈Flat head〉 Tushepau] nation…”

“…about 7 miles below this Creek a large fork comes in from the right and heads up against the waters of the Missouri below the Three forks, this river has extensive Vallies of open leavel land,"and passes in its Whole Course thro' a Valie" they call it 〈Valie Plain River〉 [Chicarluisket?] [NB: we call it the east fork of Clark's river]our Guide tels us a fine large roade passes up this river to the Missouri.”

“..at 2 miles assended a high hill & proceeded through a hilley and thickly timbered Countrey for 9 miles & on the Right [EC: hand side] of the Creek, passing Several branches from the right of fine clear water and Struck at a fork at which place the road forks, one passing up each fork..”

“Several horses Sliped and roled down Steep hillswhich hurt them verry much The one which Carried my desk & Smalltrunk Turned over & roled down a mountain for 40 yards & lodged againsta tree, broke the Desk the horse escaped and appeared but little hurt Some others verry much hurt, from this point I observed a range ofhigh mountains Covered with Snow from S E. to S W”

Flathead
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Journal Entry 9/20/05 / Nez Perce Village
"a man Came out to meet me with great Caution & Conducted 〈me〉 us to a lage Spacious Lodge which he told me (by Signs) was the Lodge of his great Chief who had Set out 3 days previous with all the Warriers of the nation to war on a South West derection & would return in 15 or 18 days. the fiew men that were left in the Village aged, great numbers of women geathered around me with much apparent Signs of fear, and apr. pleased they 〈those people〉 gave us a Small piece of Buffalow meat, Some dried Salmon beries & roots indifferent States…”

Nez Perce
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“Soon after our arrival a raft Came down the N.fork on which was two men, they came too, I had the axes distributed and handled and men apotned. [apportioned] ready to commence building canoes on tomorrow, our axes are Small & badly Calculated to build Canoes of the large Pine, Capt Lewis Still very unwell…”

“The after part of the day Cloudy proceded on passed 10 rapids which wer danjerous the Canoe in which I was Struck a rock and Sprung a leak in the 3rd rapid, we proceeded on 20 [WC: 19] miles and Encamped on a Stard point oppost a run. passed a Creek Small on the Lard. Side at 9 miles, 〈a run at〉 a Short distanc from the river at 2 feet 4 Inches N. of a dead toped pine Treee had burid 2 Lead Canisters of Powder…”

Cayuse
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“Imediately in the point is an Indian Cabin & in the South fork a Small Island, we came to on the Stard. Side below with a view to make some luner observations the night proved Cloudy and we were disapointed— The Indians Came down all the Couses of this river on each Side on horses to view us as we were desending,— The man whome we saw at the ruged rapid and expressed an inclination to accompany us to the great rapids, came up with his Son in a Small Canoe and procisted in his intentions.”

Spokane
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Palouse
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“We halted above the point on the river Kimooenim to Smoke with the Indians who had collected therein great numbers to view us, here we met our 2 Chiefs who left us two days ago and proceeded on to this place to inform those bands of our approach and friendly intentions towards all nations &c. we also met the 2 men who had passed us Several days ago on hors back, one of them we observed was a man of great influence with those Indians, harranged them; after Smokeing with the Indians who had collected to view us we formed a camp at the point near which place I Saw a fiew pieces of Drift wood after we had our camp fixed and fires made... ”

Wanapum
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Walla Walla
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Umatilla
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Yakama
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Methow
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“we Set out at Sunrise and proceeded on. passed a number of fisheries and a high Island which had towers of Solid rocks and verry high and rough. a roaring rapid at the Stard Side we went down a narrow channel on the Lard.Side a large river puts in verry rapidly of the Island about 40 yards wide Several perpinticular falls near its mouth. large fishing Camps at the lower end of the Island. this Isd. is about 4 miles in length and high rough & rockey. a Short distance below we came to the first falls of the Columbia River.”

Wishram
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“…as thenation below had expressed hostile intentions against us, would Certainly kill them; perticularly as They had been at war with each other;" we requested them to Stay with us two nights longer, and we would See the nation below and make a peace between them, they replied they "were anxious to return and See our horses" we insisted on their Staying with us two nights longer to which they agreed; our views were to detain those Chiefs with us untill we Should pass the next falls, which we were told was verry bad, and at no great distance below…”

Klickitat
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Chinook
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“The face of the Countrey, on both Side of the river above and about the falls, is Steep ruged and rockey open and contain but a Small preportion of erbage, no timber a fiew bushes excepted, The nativs at the upper falls raft their timber down Towarne hooks River & those at the narrows take theirs up the river to the lower part of the narrows from this Creek, and Carry it over land 3 miles to their houses &c.”

“Great joy in camp we are in View of the Ocian, [NB: in the morning when fog cleared off just below last village just on leaving the village of Warkiacum], this great Pacific Octean which we been So long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey Shores (as I Suppose) may be heard distinctly we made 34 miles today as Computed”

“when the river appeared calm we loaded and Set out; but was obliged to return finding the waves too high for our Canoes to ride, we again unloaded the Canoes, and Stoed the loading on a rock above the tide water, and formed a camp on the Drift Logs which appeared to be the only Situation we could find to lie, the hills being either a perpendicular Clift, or Steep assent, riseing to about 500 feet…”

“Soon after we encamped 3 Indians of the last town Came in a Canoe with wap-pato roots to Sell to us Some of which we purchased with fish hooks— from the Village quite around this bend to the West the land is high and thickly timbered with pine balsom &c."

Journal Entry 11/27 to 12/07/05
“…below this point the waves became So high we were Compelled to land unload and traw up the Canoes, here we formed a Camp on the neck of Land which joins Point William to the main at an old indian hut. The rain Continued hard all day we are all Wet and disagreeable. one Canoe Split before we Got her out of the Water 2 feet— The water at our Camp Salt that above the isthmus fresh and fine…”

Clatsop
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Journal Entry 12/08/05 / Fort Clatsop
“We haveing fixed on this Situation as the one best Calculated for our Winter quarters I deturmin'd to go as direct a Course as I could to the Sea Coast which we Could here roar and appeared to be at no reat distance from us, my principal object is to look out a place to make Salt, blaze the road or rout that they men out hunting might find the direction to the fort if they Should get lost in cloudy weather—and See the probibillity of game in that direction, for the Support of the Men, we Shall Send to make Salt”

Meriwether Lewis: Murder or Suicide?
For over 200 years there has been wide speculation in the media, such as Smithsonian, and in books as to whether Meriwether Lewis died at Grinder's Stand of suicide or by murder. One such speculation presented by the History Channel 2 show America Unearthed: Motive for Murder, states that one of the tasks Lewis was given to achieve on his expedition was to determine if there was an ancient Welsh claim on the Louisiana territory, and the show attempts to prove whether Lewis was murdered because he found the Welsh claim on the Louisiana territory to be true. If Lewis was murdered, and pages were torn out of his journal, it was to protect Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory and that the French sold us land they did not own. The show also claims the Mandarin tribe that Lewis lived with for so many months had a striking European appearance.

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Unknown Prime Meridian
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Blackfoot Sioux
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Northern Cheyenne
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Bannock
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