Keywords

Natives, American Indians, Lewis and Clark Expedition

Abstract

THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY awakened to a damp morning on July 14, 1804. Rain had fallen all night and the wetness delayed departure until 7 a.m. A half-hour later, an ominous black cloud blew in, accompanied by wind and rain that pummeled the 55-foot keelboat and two pirogues. Unable to seek safety on either shore - because of banks caving in on one side and snags lining the other - the men anchored the keelboat midstream and braced for the squall to pass.

Original Publication Citation

Buckley, Jay H. “The Plains Commence: Lewis and Clark on the Middle Missouri.” NEBRASKAland Magazine [Special Issue – Lewis and Clark on the Missouri] 80, no. 7 (August-September 2002): 32-49.