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The Journals of Lewis and Clark
By Meriwether Lewis and and William Clark, 1804-1806

Note: These Journals are from May 14, 1804, the day the expedition left
the Mississippi River, to September 26, 1806, a day or two after they
arrived back in St. Louis. It includes all possible Journal entries of
Lewis and Clark. Most of the "courses and distances" and "celestial
observations" have been omitted. The notes and most of the corrections
of past editors have been removed. There are a few OCR errors, but most
of the misspellings are almost 200 years old. The dates with the names
in the brackets are a little redundent. They are included to provide
the correct date in a consistent format.

[Clark, May 14, 1804]
May the 14th-Monday
Set out from Camp River a Dubois at 4 oClock P.M. and proceded up the
Missouris under Sail to the first Island in the Missouri and Camped on
the upper point opposit a Creek on the South Side below a ledge of
limestone rock Called Colewater, made 41/2 miles, the Party Consisted
of 2, Self one frenchman and 22 Men in the Boat of 20 ores, 1 Serjt. &
7 french in a large Perogue, a Corp and 6 Soldiers in a large Perogue.
a Cloudy rainey day. wind from the N E. men in high Spirits

[Clark, May 14, 1804]
Monday May 14th 1804
Rained the forepart of the day I determined to go as far as St. Charles