 | 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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Sartdaye 21
got on oer way at an [early hour] the wind Come fare we
Come 2 miLes and Eat oer Breakfast. the wind Seased BLoing
a reamark[able] hiLL tow hundrered foot hie from the
warter Come to the River opLate at one oCLock this River
On the west Side of the Mesury a fine preare [two words
illegible] on the mouths of the PLate with Beries on a very
Strong Streame it Baks the Mussiry over hie warter & Land
on the West Side and [an] I Land.
[8]
The wedth of the Great River Platt at its mouth across the
bars is about ¾ of a mile, but further up we are told by a
Frenchman who lived 2 years up this River that it does not rise
4 feet, but Spreads 3 miles in some places. we passed a creek
called pappeo [papillion] R. praries are between the 2 Rivers.
we camped on the S.S. G. Drewye joined us with 4 Deer he
killed.
| 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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