 | The ORIGINAL JOURNAL OF
Private JOSEPH WHITEHOUSE1
1This journal consists of three distinct note-books, the largest 6 × 8 ½ inches in
dimensions, which are crudely stitched together within a cover consisting of an irregular
scrap of limp hide—possibly elk skin. The third and last book is incomplete,
for at least three leaves have been torn therefrom at the end; as the journal closes
with November 6, 1805, it is possible that the missing leaves carried the story forward
until the arrival at the mouth of the Columbia. It is of much value as a supplement
to the journals of the leaders of the expedition.
The manuscript has been carelessly handled, and is much stained and faded, as well
as frayed at the edges. While nearly all of the entries—which are mostly in the
hand of Whitehouse, but occasionally in those of other persons, including one entry
by Clark—are legible upon careful examination, we have found a few words undecipherable;
also small portions torn off at the edges—for these latter, we indicate
the conjectural reading in brackets. See also vol. i, pp. lv, lvi, ante.
For facility in comparison, we have divided the journal into chapters, according, so
far as is practicable, with Biddle's chaptering of the journals of Lewis and Clark.—Ed.
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
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[Wedne]sday 16th. May 1804.
a clear morning. Set out [eairly] and proceeded on verry
well. about 2 oClock P. M. [we ar]rived at St. Charls. and
passed the evening with a [gr]eat deal of Satisfaction, all chearful
and in good spirits. this place is an old french village
Situated on the North Side of the Missourie and are dressy
polite people and Roman Catholicks.
| The ORIGINAL JOURNAL OF
Private JOSEPH WHITEHOUSE1
1This journal consists of three distinct note-books, the largest 6 × 8 ½ inches in
dimensions, which are crudely stitched together within a cover consisting of an irregular
scrap of limp hide—possibly elk skin. The third and last book is incomplete,
for at least three leaves have been torn therefrom at the end; as the journal closes
with November 6, 1805, it is possible that the missing leaves carried the story forward
until the arrival at the mouth of the Columbia. It is of much value as a supplement
to the journals of the leaders of the expedition.
The manuscript has been carelessly handled, and is much stained and faded, as well
as frayed at the edges. While nearly all of the entries—which are mostly in the
hand of Whitehouse, but occasionally in those of other persons, including one entry
by Clark—are legible upon careful examination, we have found a few words undecipherable;
also small portions torn off at the edges—for these latter, we indicate
the conjectural reading in brackets. See also vol. i, pp. lv, lvi, ante.
For facility in comparison, we have divided the journal into chapters, according, so
far as is practicable, with Biddle's chaptering of the journals of Lewis and Clark.—Ed.
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
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