Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 printed from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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 | The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |  |
[Clark:]
May the 18th. Friday 1804.
a fine morning, I had the loading in the Boat
& perogue
examined and changed so as the Bow of each may be heavyer
loded than the Stern, Mr. Lauremus who had been Sent
by
Cap Lewis to the Kickapoo Town on public business, return'd
and
after a Short delay proceeded on to St Louis, I sent George
Drewyer with a Letter to Capt Lewis Two Keel Boats
arrive
from Kentucky to day loaded with whiskey Hats &c &c. the
wind from the S. W.
Took equal altitudes with Sexten [sextant.
—Ed.] made it 97° -
42′ - 37″
M. T.
| A. M. | 9 h - 9′ - 51″ | P. M. | 2 h - 49′ - 24″ |
| 9 - 10 - 16 | 2 - 50 - 50 | ||
| 9 - 11 - 34 | 2 - 51 - 10 |
Error of Sextion 8′ - 45″.
May 19th—Satturday 1804—
A violent Wind last night from the W. S. W. accompanied
with
rain which lasted about three hours. Cleared away this
morn'g at 8 oClock,
I took receipt for the pay of the men
up to the 1st.
of Decr. next, R Fields kill a Deer to day, I
reseve
an invitation to a Ball, it is not in my power to go.
George Drewyer
return from St. Louis and brought 99 Dollars,
he lost
a letter from Capt Lewis to me, Seven Ladies visit
me
to day
Took equal altituds of ☉ L. L[15] & made it 76° - 33′ - 7″
| A. M. | 8h - 12′ - 20″ | P. M. | 3h - 45′ - 49″ |
| 8 - 14 - 9 | 3 - 46 - 22 | ||
| 8 - 15 - 30 | 3 - 47 - 41 |
Error of Sexton as usual.
These characters are used by Clark to signify "the sun's lower
limb;" or, with
"U. L.," its "upper limb."—Ed.
May 20th Sunday 1804—
(at St. Charles) A Cloudy morning rained and hard Wind
form the last night, The letter George lost yesterday
found by a Country man, I gave the party leave to go and
hear a Sermon to day
delivered by Mr. [Blank space in MS.]
a roman
Carthlick Priest
at 3 oClock Capt. Lewis
Capt. Stoddard accompanied by the
Officers &
Several Gentlemen of St Louis arrived in a heavy
Showr
of Rain. Messrs. Lutenants Minford & Worriss. Mr. Choteau[,]
Grattiot,
Deloney, Laberdee, Rankin. Dr. Sodrang[16]
rained the
greater part of this evening, .Suped with Mr.
Charles
Tayon, the late Comdr. of Sr. Charles a
Spanish Ensign.
Louisiana (retroceded by Spain to France in 1800) was sold by Napoleon Bonaparte
(April 30, 1803) to the United States;
and Captain Amos Stoddard was the
commissioner appointed by Jefferson to
receive the upper portion of the territory from
the Spanish authorities.
France never having taken actual possession of Louisiana,
the transfer
frorn Spain to France took place at St. Louis, March 9, 1804, Lewis
being
chief official witness; the transfer from France to the United States occurred
the following day; and Stoddard became military governor of Upper
Louisiana, pending
its reorganization by
Congress, which took effect on October 1 of that year. One
of his officers
was Lieutenant Worrall (the name spelled Worriss by Clark); another
was
named Milford (Minford, in Clark).
Pierre and Auguste Chouteau were among
the earliest settlers of St. Louis, and the
Chouteau family has always
been prominent in its annals; Pierre was the son of its
founder, Pierre
Laclede. Their sister Victoire was the wife of Charles Gratiot, who
was
engaged in the Indian trade in the Illinois country from 1774, settling at St.
Louis,
in 1781; upon the organization of the District of Louisiana (1804),
Gratiot was
appointed the first presiding justice of the new Court of
Quarter Sessions at St. Louis.
afterward filling various public offices.
Another sister, Pelagie Chouteau, married
Sylvester Labbadie (misspelled
Laberdee by Clark). David Delaunay was an associate
justice in the above-mentioned court. James Rankin was another early
settler
of St. Louis. Dr. Antoine François Saugrain (the "Sodrang"
of Clark) was a
French chemist and mineralogist, who had made several
voyages to America, for
scientific purposes, from 1784 to 1788. In 1790,
he was one of the French colonists
who settled at Gallipolis, O., and
finally located with his family at St. Louis, where he
practised medicine
until his death in 1820. See W. V. Byars's Memoir of
Saugrain's
life (St. Louis, 1903). For detailed accounts of these and
other early settlers of
St. Louis, see Scharf's Saint
Louis, pp. 167–202; and Billon's Annals of St.
Louis,
pp. 389–492.—Ed.
| The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | |