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IN the years of this diary William Clark was superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and one of the town's most renowned citizens. The superintendency, which he had first received by appointment in May, 1822, covered a wide territory and included most of the Indian tribes on the Western frontier. No man more capable could have been selected for this position, either from the government's standpoint or that of the Indians. Clark was a man of integrity and administrative ability, with years of experience in Indian affairs. His knowledge of their problems and his fair dealings had made him a man of prestige among the Western tribes, which was greatly to the government's advantage. William Clark was born in Virginia in 1770, ninth of the ten children of John and Ann (Rogers) Clark. The exploits of his famed older brother, George Rogers Clark, undoubtedly influenced William's early choice of a military career; and the removal of the Clark family to the Kentucky frontier region in 1784-1785 encouraged this ambition. Although born in a family of means and social position, he had little formal education. At 19 he was serving in Col. John Hardin's militia campaign against the Indians, a youth of striking appearance, over six feet in height, broad-shouldered, red-haired. At 21 he joined the army as an infantry lieutenant and for four years served under Gen. Anthony Wayne. On Wayne's expedition against the Shawnee Indians in Ohio, during 1794-1795, another junior officer was Meriwether Lewis, with whom Clark was to be associated later. After five years of eventful military service, he resigned his commission. The next few years were spent in travel |
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ing, and in attempting to aid his brother George Rogers Clark in settling financial matters. In 1803, when he was 33, he was selected to go with Meriwether Lewis on an expedition to the Northwest. When the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis in 1806, both men had achieved fame and honors. Meriwether Lewis was appointed governor of Louisiana territory, and the same month, March, 1807, William Clark was made brigadier-general of militia for the territory. In this capacity he was also Indian agent, so that his services in Indian administration dated from 1807. From this year until his death, St. Louis was Clark's home. In January, 1808, he married Julia Hancock of Fincastle, Va. In August, he purchased property. in St. Louis county; and in January, 1811, bought property on Main, or First, street in St. Louis. [1] Clark's next important appointment was as governor of Missouri territory in 1813. In this position he was also ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs. During the War of 1812, it was his task to guard the territory's frontier, and to prevent British-incited Indian uprisings. In 1814 he led a small expedition up the Mississippi into British-held country, reaching Prairie du Chien, where he built a post named Fort Shelby, which was soon after captured by the British. When Missouri was preparing for statehood in 1820, Clark was a candidate for governor, but did not attempt an active campaign, being occupied with other matters. He was defeated by his friend Alexander McNair. Clark's first wife died in June of that year. [2] In November, 1821, he married Mrs. Harriet (Kennerly) Radford, [3] widow of Dr. John Radford, and cousin of the first Mrs. Clark. The following year President Monroe appointed William Clark to the superintendency of Indian affairs at St. Louis, a post newly created by congress. Except for the additional commission in 1824-1825 as surveyor general of the states of Illinois and Missouri, and |
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the territory of Arkansas, this was the work to which he devoted the rest of his life. [4] St. Louis in the years of this diary was growing rapidly. From a population of some 1,000 in 1800, it had grown to an estimated 6,000 by 1830. Founded by the French in 1764, the St. Louis of the latter 1820's contained a large proportion of English-speaking settlers from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. There were also many Negroes, both slave and free. It was the only town of any consequence in Missouri, or in all the area west of the Mississippi. The older section had narrow, crowded, unpaved streets; in the newer part there were broad streets and squares, some paved; and houses of brick. The waterfront area was fairly well built up with warehouses and stores. There was a natural deep channel at the waterfront, and except for a brief frozen-over period in the winter, the Mississippi river at St. Louis was accessible to the largest steamboats. As the commercial metropolis of the West, St. Louis was the depot for the fur trade, and the growing commerce with Santa Fe. The lead mines up the Mississippi were being developed in this period; army supplies were centered at St. Louis for the Western military outposts, and near-by Jefferson Barracks was also a source of much business for the townspeople. There was a vast Indian trade to be supplied, and numerous Indian visitors to the city. Increase of steamboat construction had greatly enlarged the commerce with New Orleans and provided more outlets for trade. The William Clark diary provides little idea of the life and color of St. Louis. Although "Diary" appears on the cover and as the heading of page one, the word does not aptly describe the contents. This volume was kept as a record in the office of the superintendent of Indian affairs and in it were entered weather and river data, notes on steamboat arrivals and departures, a record of Indians visiting the superintendency, and some items of general and local news. In another sense also "Diary" is a misnomer since the volume was not intended as a private or personal account. William Clark was undoubtedly its creator, and made some of the entries, but his subagent, or clerks, did most of the recording. Clark's handwriting can be identified from three "first-person" entries, the only such entries in the book. On August 12, 1827, he wrote: "Edmond Clark |
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(my Infant Son) died at 81/2 A. M. . . ."; on January 29, 1830, is the statement: "My family went to Jeff. Barracks"; and on February 2, 1830, he noted: "Boys from the College visited my cottage, hunt & scate." There is some emphasis in the local news items on Clark's relatives and associates, which gives the diary an additional personal touch. Rarely, there are bits of humor or pertinent comment in the entries made by Clark's assistants, which add sparkle to an otherwise sober and concise record. Clark had, during these years, four assistants: a subagent, a translator, and two other clerks. [5] So far as can be determined the individuals who, in addition to Clark, made entries in the diary, were: the subagent Walter B. Alexander, who died on July 16, 1826; his successor John B. Ruland; Jesse Benton, a clerk; John F. A. Sanford, translator and clerk, who left following his appointment as a subagent on the upper Missouri, in mid-July, 1826; Dunning D. McNair, a clerk, who resigned on March 19, 1830; and Augustin Kennerly, who served principally as translator. [6] It seems no coincidence that this record was started at the time of the Mississippi river flood of 1826, for the meteorological and river-stage data are the backbone of the volume, and the only consistently-recorded entries. There is a superabundance of material on the weather and on river conditions throughout. The information on steamboat arrivals and departures is not so complete, as a comparison with the lists in contemporaneous St. Louis newspapers has proved. [7] However, since the newspapers sometimes failed to print the weekly steamboat register, the Clark diary fills a few gaps. In 1826t steamboats were no longer a novelty at the port of St. Louis. After the first such arrival, the General Pike, in August, 1817, there had been a yearly increase in river traffic. But in May, 1826, the month and year this diary opens, the Missouri Republican commented: "Never before this season has our city been frequented by such a vast number of Steam Boats; arrivals are daily, and sometimes as many as three and four of a day.."[8] The entry of steamboat data as a part of the diary therefore only reflected the growing importance of the river trade. The Indian superintendency offices were on Main, or First street, which |
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then afforded a view of the river-front and wharf, so that steamboat arrivals and departures were readily noted. The recording of data on the comings and goings of the Indians seems the most natural part of the diary. The superintendency at St. Louis served as headquarters for Indian affairs in all the Western area. When Clark was appointed as superintendent in May, 1822, John C. Calhoun, the Secretary of War, wrote him: I enclose you a Commission as Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis. . . . Altho' the act [under Which the appointment was made] does not appear, from the face of it, to make it a part of your duty, to exercise a superintending control over the Indian Agencies on the Mississippi and Missouri, yet it is believed that such was the intention of Congress in authorizing the appointment of a Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis. You Will accordingly consider the following Indian Agents as under your Superintendence-Major O'Fallon [at Council Bluffs], Mr. Graham [at St. Louis], Mr. Boilvin [at Prairie du Chien], Mr. Forsyth [at Rock Island] and Mr. Taliaferro [at St. Peters]-and also Mr. Menard, the Sub Agent at Kaskaskias. . . [9] The scope of Clark's authority, thus informally established, came to include several other agencies and subagencies which were later required. Land cessions by the Kansas and Osage tribes, in the treaties of 1825, created a large area west of Missouri and Arkansas for Indian reserves. Subsequently, negotiations were begun with the remnants of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi, and in Missouri and Arkansas territory, to remove to the new lands reserved for them. Thus, the period of the Clark diary was also an era of Indian migrations, and of restlessness on the part of the tribes remaining in the East. Many Indians came every year to see Clark on matters relating to their tribes, and most of the migratory Indians inevitably came through St. Louis on their way west, yet the newspapers almost never mentioned their arrival or departure. The Clark record provides unique data in this respect, but unfortunately, on this subject, too, the diary is incomplete. For some periods the data on Indians, and on steamboats, were given in separate sections in the diary. The plan was not followed . consistently and since the arrangement only makes for confusion in using the volume it has seemed justifiable to bring all the material together in one chronology for publication. This explains some duplication of entries. |
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The diary ends on February 28, 1831, at the end of the book. There is no continuing volume in the collection of "Clark papers" in the Kansas State Historical Society. [10] It seems unlikely that the record would have been so abruptly discontinued. [11] Clark was to serve for seven more years as superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis-until his death in 1838-and the few scattered volumes of records in our Society's possession only emphasize the quantity which must have existed at one time in the superintendency office.
Tempera- Weather Tempera- Weather
Day ture at at Winds ture at 4 Oclock Winds Rise & Fall
8 Oclock. 8 Oclock. 4 Oclock. P.M. of the River
1 rising fast
2 rising fast
3 rising fast
4 rising fast
5 rising fast
6 rising fast
7 rising
8 rising still
9 rising
10 rising Slow
11 rising slow
[13]
12 rose about
1 1/2 inches
13 rose 4 inches
14 rose 1 inch
15 on a Stand
16 rising a
little Stand
17 79 a Clear SW. 84 a Clear SW. rising a
little do
18 78 1/2 Clear do 86 do S. E falling
1 Inch lost
19 79 do SE 88 Cloudy W fell 3 Inches
20 72 Cloudy & S.W.S. 84 Clear SW fell 1 1/2
rain inches
21 78 Cloudy S.E. 83 Clear S.E fell 5 Inches
22 70 Cloudy SW 80 Clear E. fell 2 1/2
inches
23 79 Cloudy S.E 75 raining S fell 8 Inches
24 74 Clear S.E 80 Cloudy. E. fell 8 Inches
25 80 Clear do 80 a Clear S E fell 1 Inch
26 74 Clear E 82 do do fell 8 Inches
27 78 Clear SE 82 Clear S fell 6 In.
28 78 Cloudy E. 82 do S E fell 1 Inch.
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29 78 C. E. do do E Fallen none 30 78 Clear S.E do do E Fell 4 Inches 31 78 Clear S.E do do S. Fell 4 In. [14] 1 winds vary from W. to S. W and high |
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11 Steam Boat Lawrence departed & "Ecclipse" arrived from
Florence. Lawrence departed. |
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30 Steam Boat Marietta arrivd from Louisville June, 1826
Tempera- Weather Tempera- Weather
Day ture at at Winds ture at at Winds Rise & fall
8 Oclock 8 Oclock 4 Oclock 4 Ocl. of River
1 77 Fair S.E. 88 Fair SE Fell 4 Inches
2 80 Clear S.E 86 Cloudy E Fell 6 Inches.
3 80 Cloudy S. 78 rain W. Fell 4 Inches
4 79 Raining S 78 rain SE Fell 6 Inches.
5 79 Cloudy S.E. 76 Cloudy S. Fell 4 Inches.
6 76 Cloudy S.E. 79 Raind S Fell 2 Inches
7 81 Clear S.E. 86 Cloudy S Rose 2 Inches
8 80 Clear S.W 89 Clear S Rose 1 Inch
9 82 Clear SW 90 Clear S On a stand
10 82 Clear SW 84 Cloudy SW fell 4 Inches
11 74 Cloudy SW 80 Cloudy SW fell 4 Inches
12 75 Cloudy SW 76a. Cloudy S.E. fell 2 Inches.
13 68 Cloudy N.E. 74 Cloudy S.E. fell 4 Inches
14 72 Clear N.E. 85 Clear E. fell 4 Inches
15 80 Cloudy SW 86 Clear E fell 3 Inches
after rain
16 82 Clear E 87 Clear S fell 4 Inches
17 78 Cloudy N.E 87 Clear S. fell none
18 83 Clear S.W. 86 Clear S.E fell 3 Inches
19 82 Clear SW 86 Clear S. fell 3 Inches
20 83 Clear S. 88 Clear S. fell 8 In.
21 80 Cloudy W 82 Cloudy SW. fell 4.
22 85 Cloudy S. 86 Clear SW. fell 2 Inches
23 80 Clear E 87 Clear SE. on a stand
24 80 Clear S.E 86 Clear SW fell 4 Inches
25 70 Clear SW. 85 Clear SW fell 2 Inch
26 67 Clear NE 82 Clear SW fell 1 Inch
27 67 Cloudy NE 82 Clear E fell 2 Inches
28 80 Clear E. 78 Cloudy rain SW fell 4
29 73 Cloudy E. 79 Clear W fell 1 Inch
30 81 Clear SE 78 Cloudy W fell 4
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11 Steam Boat Lawrence arrived from Louisville cool night 12 Very cool night Wind N. & E 13 Cool do do Steam boat Lawrence departed for Louisville 14 Cool night. Eclipse arrivd from St. Peters 15 Nights cool. winds from N. E. 16 Nights very cool winds from N. E. 17 Steam Boat "Eclipse" depard for St Peters 18 Genl Brown departed for N Orleans 21 Tolerably high winds this morning. Shawnese departed. 22 Missourie arrived from Arkansas 22 Steam boat Pittsburgh from Louisville. left same day Mrs Lewis & 7 other Shawnie Indians arrvd [26] 25 Steam boats Helen McGregor & Plough boy from Orl. & Louisville 26 nights very cool particularly towards day light. Plough boy departed 27 This morning, early, very cool. high winds S. B. Mechanic, Louisv[ille] 28 very hard rain this Evening with severe claps of thunder. Helen McGregor depar'd. Orleans 29 high wind. Mechanic departed for Louisville 30 Emigrating Kickapoos arrived from the East of the Mississippi 30 Cool nights July, 1826
Tempera- 8 Oclock Tempera- 4 Oclock
Date ture at Weather Winds ture at Weather Winds [Rise & Fall
[8 Oclock] [4 Oclock] P. M. of the River]
1 78 cloudy S.E. 80 Clear S. fell 4 Inches.
2 80 clear S.E. 82 Cloudy SW. fell 1 Inch.
3 78 Cloudy S.W. 80 rain Cloudy SW. fell 1 Inch.
T. Jefferson & J. Adams deptd. this Life. [27]
4 71 rain W 77 rain W rising slow
5th 79 clear S.E 82 Clear SW rose 3 Inches
6 80 Clear S.E 82 Clear SE rose 4 Inches
7 81 Clear S 82 Cloudy SW. rose 8 Inches
8 76 Cloudy, E 82 Cloudy W fell(?) 4 Inch
rain
9 78 Clear E 86 Clear SW. falling
10 79 Cloudy E 84 Cloudy SW falling
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11 80 Clear E 86 C Rain S E falling a little
12 89 Clear E 82 Cloudy S.E. falling
13 78 Clear SW 82 Clear SW do
14 69 Rain SW 80 rain NE do
15 80 ditto S.W 82 clear SW do
16 Rain Clear do
17 78 Rain 84 Clear do
18 76 Clear 84 Clear do
19 87 Clear 87 Clear do
20 80 Clear 92 Clear do
21 85 Clear 92 Clear The river upto
this date has
22 85 Cloudy 87 Clear has fallen 11
feet from high
23 74 Clear NE 82 Clear E water the
highest mark
24 70 Clear NE 76 Clear NE this season
25 71 Clear E 74 clear E
26 72 Clear N.E 73 Clear falling
27 70 Clear NE 74 Clear N.E.
28 70 Clear S E 84 Clear S.E.
29 70 Clear 85 Clear
30 73 Clear S W 85 Clear S W
31 77 Clear S E 88 Clear S E
1 very cool nights wind from N. E. Steam boat Liberator from Orleans,
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21 Lawrence departed 22 Muskinghum for Fever river, Decatur for Orleans. 90 Shawnes arrivd on business relative to their Lands 140 Socks arrived on business concerning the contemplated War between the Osages and Delawares, (I believe) 23 Nights cold. 24 Last night & this morning cold. 25 nights & mornings cold. 26 Last night cool Winds from the N. Socs left this [day] for their nation 27 "Eclipse" depard for Orleans. Cool Nights 29 Steam Boat Muskingum arrivd from Lower Rapids 31 Light showers this morning early. August, 1826
Tempera- Tempera-
Date ture at Weather Winds ture at Weather Winds [Rise & Fall
8 Oclock 4 Oclock of the River]
1 75 Clear SW 85 clear S.E on a stand
2 75 cloudy E 79 Cloudy SW rose 7 Inches.
3 78 cloudy S.E. 78 do W rose 7 Inches
4 77 Cloudy SW 77 Cloudy W rose 9 Inches.
5 74 Rain W 78 Clear W. rose 8 Inches
6 72 Clear SW 79 Clear SW falling
7 67 Clear 78 Clear SE rose 7 Inches
8 65 Clear 79 Clear S.W fell 10 Inches
9 67 Clear SW 79 Clear SW fell 7 Inches
10 68 Clear SE 82 Clear SE falling
11 80 Clear SW. 84 Clear SW falling.
12 89 Clear S W. 85 Clear falling
13 78 Clear SE 87 Clear SE falling
14 69 Rain SE. 89 Clear SW do
15 80 ditto SW. 88 Cloudy SE falling
16 Rain S. 88 Clear SE falling
17 78 Rain SW 87 Clear SE do
18 76 Clear SE 86 Clear SW do
19 87 Clear SW 86 rain S.E do
20 80 Clear N.E. 84 Clear S E do
21 72 Clear N E 83 Cloudy SW falling
22 70 Cloudy N E 84 do do falling
23 74 Clear NW 86 do d falling
24 78 Cloudy SW 86 Clear Do falling
25 78 do S E 82 S E do do
26 80 Clear S E 82 SW rain rising a little
27 70 cloudy N E 80 W Clear do
28 68 Clear NE 81 W do
29 74 Clear E 83 S W do do
30 71 Clear E 82 S W do
31 69 Clear E 84 SE do
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2 Steam Boat Dolphin arrived "erroneous" September, 1826
Tempera- Tempera-
Date ture at Weather Winds ture at Weather Winds rise & fall
8 Oclock 4 Oclock of River
1 78 fair S.E 83 S E on a Stand.
2 76 Cloudy W. 80 SW falling a little
3 77 Cloudy SW 82 Clear S E do "
4 78 Clear S E. 82 Clear S E do "
5 76 Clear SW 83 Clear S E do "
6 70 Clear NW. 84 Clear S E do "
7 68 Clear S E 83 Clear S W do "
8 76 Clear SW Clear do "
9 75 clear SW do do "
10 74 clear SW do do "
11 80 Clear SW. do do "
12 89 Clear SW 74 Rain S E do "
13 78 Cloudy & R S 74 rain W do "
14 69 Cloudy R W 74 rain S E do "
15 80 Cloudy R NW 68 Cloudy N E do do
16 Cloudy NW 62 Cloudy E do do
17 78 do do rising
18 76 do " raised 1/2 foot
19 87 Clear N E " do 1 1/2 "
20 80 do N E " do 1 foot
21 72 Clear S " do 6 In.
22 70 Cloudy Cloudy 70 Cloudy S do 3 "
S
23 74 Clear NE 68 Clear S W fall 2 Inches
24 78 Clear N E Clear E fall 9 "
25 78 Cloudy N 66 do fall 10 "
& fog
26 80 do N E 64 do W falling 8
27 70 Clear N E 54 Clear N. W. falling 6
& cold
28 68 do N W 56 Clear W falling 3
29 74 do S 65 do S falling
30 71 do S 67 do S E Rising some
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29 3 potowatomies & 4 Kickapoos arrive Steam boat arrives 30 20 Shawones arrive October, 1826
Tempera- Tempera-
Date ture Weather Wind ture at Weather Wind Rise [& fall]
8 Oclock 4 Oclock of River
1 70 Cloudy SW 75 Clear S W Rose about 2 1/2
feet and continues
to Rise.
2 66 Clear S Clear rose about 1 1/2 [feet]
3 " " " 0.6 "
4 " " "
5 " " falling a little
6 " "
7 " "
8 " "
9 " "
10 " "
11 " "
12 " "
13 66 " S W 72 Cloudy S W falling a little
14 68 Cloudy R S do "
15 67 Cloudy R S 70 Clear S W
16 Cloudy S W " S W
11 Virginia Steam Boat arrived from Louisville 13 comence raining after night The Delawar[es], Shawones Kickapoos Weeaus Piankashaws set out on their return home from the Council 14 Rained moderately all last night Some of the Scattering Tribes set out The 93 Osages Set out 15 Indians of several tribes Set out [continued on page 17] |
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in St. Louis, Reproduced opposite are the grounds of the superintendency of Indian affairs, St. Louis, as shown by William Clark in a sketch* sent to Thomas L. McKenney of the Indian Department, With a letter dated July 18, 1829.#134; In the letter he stated: ". . . the house on the Main Street, Was first built for an Office and Council house, Was burned down, and rebuilt, Rooms 4 and 5, for visiting Indians, 6, 8, 9 and 10, for public Stores and factory Cellers. Two of those Rooms have been lately used as an Armory for repairs of Indian guns and Black Smith Shops for Indian work: this Row of building much out of repair, and found to be too damp for the Armorer and Smith to work in. I therefore caused to be built a 2nd. Story of Stone over Room No. 6, for the Armory, and a house joining it No. 7, for the Smith Shops, and the other part of the houses repaired, the cost of which I calculated upon paying each out of the Rents of those Rooms, in addition to the Rent of the 3 Rooms on Main Street. . . :' Clark listed his "References" to the numbers on the sketch as follows: "Room N 1. A Saddlers Shop rents @ $10 Per Month. Main street is the present First street. "Front," the Front street of today, was also called Water street in the period of the diary. William Clark's lot was not a part of the government's property. The location of his residence and other buildings on these grounds is not shown, unfortunately. The superintendency offices, including the Indian council room and a large museum of Indian relics, were on Clark's lot. * Reproduced from the original manuscript in the National Archives (Records of
the Office of Indian Affairs, "Letters Received," enclosure of letter of July 18,
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![[handwritten page]](../images/48_1_barry016b.jpg) Reproduced here, and opposite, are the April, 1827, pages from the William Clark diary. The two-page format, as shown , was followed for each month's record. |
![[handwritten page]](../images/48_1_barry016c.jpg) The entry beginning "Mr. Henry Gratiott . . ." is in Clark's hand, but not all the writing on this page can be conclusively identified as his. |
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16 Gen Clark Set out to Chacktaws & Chickasews 40 accompd by Col. O Fallon [41] The "Diary" entries up to this date, and subsequently, were made by several persons, including William Clark, but for the period of Clark's absence on the mission in Mississippi (October 16-December 14, 1826) the ruled pages with dates and headings prepared, are otherwise blank. These empty sections have been omitted. December, 1826
Tempera- Temp:
Date ture at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 oClock 4 oClock of the River
25 42 a Cloudy W 46 a Cloudy W Snows a little
26 32 Snow West 25 Cloudy N.W. Blustering -- a
little Snow
27 22 Clear West 28 Clear W Cold Ice run in
the river
28 23 Cloudy NW 33 " W " Ice increase
29 24 do N W 22 " N W " do
30 28 Snow W 24 W " do Snow
Cloudy
31 24 Clear N W 10 " N.W. " do
14 Genl Clark returned from State of Mississippi.
[20] S. Boat Magnet
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January, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 oClock 4 oClock of the River
1 18 Clear S E 20 Cloudy N.E fallen about a foot
last night of the 1st
2 18 Cloudy S.W. 38 Clear North fallen Some ice running
3 36 " S W.ly 26 Cloudy North " " "
4 29 " N 33 clear N Stand " "
5 30 Clear Calm 38 Calm " " "
6 30 Clear " 44 " Rising a little "
7 31 Clear " 47 ' ' " " "
8 39 " " 55 " "
9 48 " " 59 Clear " "
10 51 " " 62 Cloudy " "
11 34 Cloudy S.W. 58 Snow do " Snow all day & part
snows. of the night
12 36 Cloudy & NW fall a little no ice
snows. forming this morning
Snow 12 inches Deep
13 30 Cloudy N.W. 56 Clear S
14 34 Clear W 59 " S.W. River clear of ice
15 25 Cloudy N. 21 " West Ice running.
16 12 " West 12 Cloudy & West "
snow
17 10 Snows S.W 15 Clear North Ice running thick
18 18 Clear West 18 " West River rise about 3
feet and Closed
last night
19 26 " Calm 16 " " River rise a little
20 14 Cloudy East 18 Cloudy S.W Snowed in the evening
21 29 Cloudy S E 22 Clear S E
22 35 Clear S 45 " S.W.
23 54 " S. 48 Cloudy Calm River rise a little
24 48 " Calm 47 Clear " do do
25 42 Cloudy " 48 " " do do
26 40 " " do do about 14 inches
27 39 Clear SE 42 Cloudy S do do River begins
to Break rose Several
Inches
28 37 Cloudy NE 40 NE River Broke & Ice
move[s] down &
Lodges on the Island
29 38 1/2 Cloudy " River clear of running
Ice with much on the
Shores & Islands
30 40 Cloudy rises some
31 37 Clear S W River rose several
Inches
21 Capt. Patrick Ford
[44] S[ub]. agent for the Ioways died last
night at Dr. [Taffens?] |
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February, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 oClock 4 oc of the River
1 36 1/2 Cloudy NE 40 Clear Calm River closed (opposite
the Big-Mound South of
St. Louis rises a little
2 45 rain Calm 43 rain SE River running with ice do
3 45 Snow N W 26 1/2 ---- ---- do " "
4 44 do 42 fine rain ---- do " "
5 40 Cloudy N E ---- ---- ---- do " "
6 41 Clear Calm ---- Clear ---- do " "
7 37 do SW ---- Clear Calm River clear, rises a little
8 48 do Calm ---- Clear Calm Ice commenced running
last night
9 49 Cloudy " 42 ---- SE River running with ice--
rained some last night--
(at 4 p m.)--river clear of
ice & rising
10 57 1/2 Clear NW 47 Clear W River clear of ice &
rises fast
11 52 Clear W.hard 45 do NE do do " Rose into the
Spring
12 32 Clear NE 58 do SW do do " falls one
foot
13 54 Cloudy SW do do " do
14 40 Clear Calm 46 1/2 Cloudy ---- do do " "
15 62 " SE 55 Clear ---- do do falls fast
16 62 " " 61 1/2 " SW do do do
17 62 1/2 " Calm 65 " Calm do do do
18 " " " " " " do do do
19 58 1/2 " " 64 " " (River falls)
20 55 " SE 62 " " River falls a little
21 65 " S.hard " rain SW do do "
22 53 1/2 Cloudy Calm 60 Clear Calm do do "
23 61 Clear " 68 rain " do do "
24 71 " hard 72 1/2 Clear hard River rise[s] a little
S.W. SW by
by S S
25 46 Cloudy NW 50 Cloudy NW ditto--about 2 feet (at
4 p.m.)--river rising fast
26 42 " NE Clear NE ditto about 2 1/1 feet
27 63 Clear SW 54 Cloudy SW do 1/2 foot
28 34 Cloudy SW 38 do W fall about 9 Ins.
3 Hailed all last night wind high from W at 4 p m wind not so high 13 " " departed for Louisville (Dance) 17 a beautiful day |
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19 George thought better 20 Steam Boat Cleopatra arrives from Louisville in 5 days 21 George Better S B "Genl Hamilton" arrives 22 Steam Boat Cleopatra started for Louisville. 23 Steam Boat Muskingum & Genl Hamilton arrive from New Orleans 24 Thundered. Lightened & Rained all Last night. Steam boat Hamilton start[s] to N. O. 25 Steam Boat Muskingum starts for N. O. 26 Steam Boat "America" arrive[s] from Pittsburgh [48] (George better) 27 (rains a little) 28 (Cold) Dohertys apt [49] arrives March, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 oClock 4 oClock of the River
1 36 1/2 Clear N 46 Clear ---- river falls 6 inches
46 " "
2 52 " Calm 55 Cloudy S.E. " " 4 inches
3 44 " SW Clear SW " "
4 60 Clear Calm " rise
5 56 1/2 Cloudy S W " rises a little
6 66 Clear S W " falling
7 ---- Clear ---- ---- Clear " " fast
8 55 1/2 " " 72 " (high " " "
wind
S.E.)
9 40 1/2 " (calm) 55 " S.W. " " "
10 66 " Calm 62 " " " " "
11 54 " S W " " "
12 64 " Calm 46 Clear S W " " "
hard
unusually
13 50 " " 46 " N " " "
14 41 Cloudy N W 44 " N very
high
wind
15 56 Clear S W 49 " S W river rises a little
16 55 1/2 " " 48 " " " on a stand
17 46 rains E 49 rain E River falls a little
18 38 Snow N.NE 42 Cloudy N E " rise a little.
19 45 1/2 Clear E 53 1/2 Clear S " " "
20 48 Clear Calm 69 " Calm " " "
21 72 " S " " " " " "
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22 76 " S 74 1/2 " ---- " " "
23 69 " S W 55 1/2 " " "
24 64 " S W 62 1/2 " S W " " "
high
wind
25 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Warm " " "
Day
26 66 Cloudy W 62 rain ---- " " "
27 41 " S W 37 1/2 Snow N
high
wind
& cold
28 40 " N 48 Clear W river rise a little
29 56 clear W 56 " " " " "
30 66 " S W 64 " S W " " "
31 64 " Calm 64 " S W
1 Snow fell last night 4 inches S. B. Plough boy arrives from
Louis[ville] S B America departs for N. O. |
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25 S Bts. America & Hamilton arive from N. O. & S. B.
Mexico from Louisville April, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 o.c. 4 o'c of the river
1 ---- Clear ---- ---- Clear ---- warm day--river rising
2 64 " S W ---- " S.W. " " "
3 64 " " 74 rain S E " " "
4 75 " " 70 cloudy River rises fast
5 56 Cloudy W 60 ---- Warm River rises fast
rain
last
night
6 64 Clear S W Clear ---- River raising fast
7 74 " Calm 74 do do do
8 68 " S 75 Cloudy S E " " "
9 73 " S W Clear S W " " "
10 81 " S W " " "
11 59 1/2 Cloudy W rain " " "
12 51 1/2 " S E (wind " " "
high)
13 70 Clear W 78 " SW " " " (good
friday)
14 82 " S 75 " " " " "
15
16 73 " " 62 " " river on a stand
17 68 " S.E 68 " " " "
18 58 Cloudy " 63 " " river rising
19 68 " S W " "
20 80 Clear warm ---- rain S
21 66 " S.W 70 Clear S E river on a stand
22 59 " N E " " "
23 67 Cloudy S W 57 Cloudy rain last night
24 81 " S E Clear
25 69 Clear S W Cloudy ----
26 61 Cloudy " 65 Clear ---- rain this morning
27 68 rain S E 62 rain S E river raising
28 66 Clear " 64 Clear S W river raising
29 60 Clear N River rises fast
30 75 Clear S W " " "
1 2 Kickapoos start for the village of the Prophet
2 5 Kickapoos start for White river & 5 for the village of Prophet Mr.
Sanford starts [53]
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5 at 5 p. m. Wind high. S W. S. B. Lawrence starts for Louisville |
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24 S Bt. Cleopatra & Jubilee start for Louisville-S B
Hamilton arrives from Fever river S B America arrives
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 o.c. 4 Oclk of the river
1 66 Clear SW ---- Cloudy ---- river raising fast
2 72 " E ---- ---- ---- " " "
3 60 " Calm ---- Clear Calm " " "
4 75 " " ---- ---- ---- " " "
5 ---- " E ---- Clear NE
6 56 " W 58 Cloudy NW
7 57 " S 62 Clear W river falling
8 62 " ---- ---- " " river on a stand
9 " ---- ---- rain S E
10 68 rain E cloudy
11 68 " S W 72 Clear S W
12 70 clear calm river fall
13 ---- Cloudy S.SE ---- rain ---- do falling a little
14 68 " S W river fall
15 72 " S clear do fall a little
16 64 rain ----
17 69 Clear calm
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18 72 " " 84 " calm warm weather
19 ---- ---- --- ---- ---- " "
20
21 River rise
22 67 " " " " "
23 River rise
24 " " " " river raising
25 76 River rise a little
26 74 " " river falling
27 " " 78 " N E " "
28 hot " " hot " " river fell 4 1/4 feet
in the last three days
29 " ---- river fell 1 [?]
30 68 " S 78 " " " falling
31 73 " SW " "
1 S B Pilot arrived from Fever river last night - S B Oregon
from Franklin |
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17 S. B. Plough-boy arrived - Jas Kennerly
[64] & Jno Dougherty
[65]
arrived yesterday. |
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June, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 O.'C. 4 O'C. of river
1 68 Clear NW 71 Clear SW river falling
2 67 clear NE river on a stand
3 85 " rain " falling
very
warm
weather
4 71 1/2 " calm 81 " " " rising 3 [?] ft
5 75 " " 78 " " " " 1 1/2 ft
6 74 " S E ---- " " " raise 1 foot
7 78 " calm 84 " " " " 4 inches
(very
warm)
8 80 " " 84 Cloudy " " " "
9 80 very rain E " " a little
warm
10 66 cloudy E
11 80 " River rises fast
about 1 ft.
12 81 rain cloudy S E " Clear " " "
early this
morning
13 82 " calm 88 rain at 7 N " " " 2 1/1 ft
o'c
14 78 cloudy ---- 82 clear calm " " " 1 ft
(warm)
15 84 clear SW " " very little
16 78 cloudy S 82 " " " " 2 ft.
17 64 clear " very " " very little
little in the evening falls
wind
18 cloudy S " " " 1 ft
19 clear " cloudy N " Raised--from
(warm) Missouri
20 cloudy " Raised little--
from Missouri
21 Clear S W " rises fast--since
this morning 5 ft.
in height
22 62 clear N 70 clear N E raise in heigth 2 1/2
23 65 " N E 78 " ---- river raise " 3 ft
since yesterday
morning
24 68 cloudy S
25 69 clear N E 75 clear ---- " falls
26 74 cloudy S 80 " S E " do
27 79 clear S 82 " ---- " do
28 79 " N E 82 " N E " do
29 80 " E 84 " calm " "
(very
warm)
30 82 " " 84 few drops " "
of rain
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5 S Bts Muskingum & Cleopatra start - S B Liberator
arrives from N. O. |
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23 S B Cleopatra started yesterday. July, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind [Rise & fall
8 O'clock 4 O'C of river]
1 82 Clear NE 84 Clear South River fall a few inches
2 81 " E 89 " E " " "
3 78 C & R NE 87 R SW " " "
4 80 Clear NE 88 Clear S " " "
5 80 Clear East 77 Rainy SE River falls a little
6 81 rain all " 82 rain " River rise a little
day &
night
7 76 Rain S 84 Cloudy " do rises several inches
(very
warm)
8 76 Cloud Calm 80 Cloudy " do do Several inches
9 76 Cloudy SE ditto do " " "
10 78 Clear Calm 82 Clear SE " " " " "
11 81 at 10 Cloudy SW 85 Cloudy " " " " " "
o'clock
12 82 Clear NE 86 Clear Calm river falls a little
13 78 Cloudy calm 83 clear NE " rises a little
very
little
14 76 rain NE " " "
15 80 clear S 84 clear S " " "
16 78 clear NE 81 do SE " rising
17 78 Cloudy W 83 " W River fall a little
18 76 clear NE 81 " NE " " "
19 80 " SW 88 " SW " " "
20 81 " " 87 " NE " " "
21 79 cloudy N 81 " " " falls fast
22 81 clear E 88 " W " " "
23 82 " " 89 " " " a little
24 81 " N 90 N W " Rising fast
25 81 " W 89 clear W.N.W. " rise about 5 ft.
changes since yesterday.
26 76 " " " rising
27 80 " " 81 clear " raising fast
28 78 " W " rose
29 80 " W " raising fast
30 82 " E 86 clear W very " " "
little
31 82 " " 89 1/2 " E river falling
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2 S B Mushingdom starts for Louisville (at 1 o'clock Thermometer at 89) 3 Ioway Indians 12 set out S B. Lawrence departs down [Lo?] 4 S. B. Indiana arrives from Demoin. S. B. Phenix depd for Louisville 5 at 28 min pass 5 oClock A. M. a Shock of Earthquake .77 S. B. William Penn & S. B. Portland [78] arrive [from] N O 6 1 St Bt arrs & the Liberator arrive from N Orleans 7 S B Hercules arrives from Louisville 8 S B. Cleopatra arrives from Louisville 9 a Great rise in the Missouri river-Mississippi rising 10 Govr Cass [79] arrives-at 1 oclock p. m. rain S. B. Cleopatra departs 11 Steam Boat Essex [80] (Capt. Shrouds) arrives, first trip 5 days from Louisville Kty. 12 S. Boat Velocipeed departs for Louisville. S B Jubilee arrives from N. Orleans 13 hard rain & wind this morning. 14 S. B. Hamilton departs for Jefferson Barracks One Fox arrives 15 S Bts Gl Hamilton-Essex & Indiana start up Mississippi with Troops [Fox] departs One Sock boy (lame) in town 16 Troops started yesterday against Winnebagoes 580 men under Genl. Atkinson [81] 17 S B Lawrence arrives from Louisville |
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18 18 Shawnees arrive from White river August, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 a. m. 4 p. m. of river
1 84 clear E 91 clear S river falling a little; it
is 4 feet of the highest
[point?] & the highest of
this year
2 81 1/2 Cloudy N.E. 84 " W River falls fast
af. Rain very
little
3 83 clear W 89 " SW " " "
very
little
4 86 " NW 90 " E " " "
5 85 " W " " "
6 85 " NE 89 " NW " " little
7 78 " NE 86 warm NE
8 79 clear & NW 82 " NE river on a Stand
cold
9 81 " NE 88 cool E " falls a little
10 82 " NW 84 rain N " " "
11 82 cloudy " " " " " "
af. Rain
12 81 fair NE 85 clear NE River on a Stand
13 86 " E 88 " E " " "
14 87 1/2 " NE 87 1/2 " E " fall.
15 88 " SW 89 cloudy S " on a Stand.
16 84 " SE 87 at 6 (N.E. " raise
cloudy hard
thunder rain at
& lightning night)
17 80 " W 84 1/2 clear N very river on a Stand
little
wind
18 82 1/2 " SW 84 cloudy W river on a Stand
19 84 " W " rain SW river falling
high
wind
20 78 " W 74 C. af. R " river falling
21 79 " NW 74 " NE " "
22 81 " W 76 " SW river raising
23 82 " NW 74 " " "
24 81 " W 80 " SW river raises
25 81 " " 82 " W " raises
26 76 " E " " " "
27 80 " NE 83 " NE " "
28 78 " E 82 " E " "
29 80 " N.E. 82 " N.E. " "
30 82 Rain N.E. 82 Rain N.E.
31 82 Rain N.E. 72 Cloudy N.E.
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1 (at 5 p. m in the sun the thermometer stands at 112) 4 19 Delawares arrive
from the Big Mackinaw Illinois 5 S. Bt. Essex arrives |
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27 S Bt Essex arrives
Temp.
Date At Weather Wind Temp. Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 A.M. 4 P.M. of River
1 72 Cloudy, N.E 77 Clear a. R River falling
Some rain
& Clear
2 75 " S 80 Cloudy S do do (Sunday)
3 78 " SW 84 Clear S.W " "
4 80 " S.W. 84 " S.W. " "
5 82 " S.W. 84 Cloudy S.W. " "
6 80 " S.W. 84 Clear S.W. " "
7 80 " S.E 85 Clear S.W. " "
8 74 " S.E. 84 Cloudy S.E. " "
9 74 " S.E. 82 Rain S.E " " (Sunday)
10 74 " S.E. 80 Clear S.E. " "
11 68 " S.E. 72 " S.E. " "
12 68 " S.E. 76 " S.E. " "
13 78 " S.E. 84 " S.E " "
14 74 " S.E. 84 " S.W. " "
15 74 " S.E. 80 Cloudy S.W. " "
16 74 Cloudy S.E. 80 Cloudy S.E River rising Sunday
17 74 Clear S.E. 82 Clear S.E " "
18 74 Cloudy E 90 " E " "
19 74 " N.E 90 Cloudy E River falling
20 72 Cloudy E. 80 Clear E " "
21 68 " E 72 Cloudy E " "
22 64 Clear E 72 Clear E " "
23 64 " S.E 68 " S.E " " Sunday
24 64 Clear S.E 68 " S.E " "
25 68 Clear S.E 70 Cloudy S.W River on a Stand
26 64 Cloudy W 64 Clear S.E rise a little
27 60 Clear S.E 66 " S.E do do
28 58 " S.E 68 " S.E " " Thick fog
this morning
29 62 " S.E 68 " S.E River rising
30 60 " S.E 68 " S.E Sunday
1 Deliver some annuities to Shawones |
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9 S. B. Rover arrives from mouth Ohio, with Genl Gains on board. Liberator departs for N. O. 10 Genl Gains repairs to the Jefferson Barracks. 11 S. B. Rover leaves for mouth Ohio River 12 Genl Gains returns from Jefferson Barracks. 13 Genl Gains Still here. Indians go 6 miles on their way to Kanzas 14 S. B. Josephene starts for Priarie du Chein with Genl Gains on board [89] 15 S. Bs. Rover & Essex arrive from mouth of River. 16 Col McKinny & Judge Delillia, Judge Lecuier Lillers arrives from Green Bay [90] 17 S. B. Essex sets out for Louisville. Col Geo Croughn on board 19 Col McKenny, Count Lilliers, Judge Delillia & Mr. Kinzie go to Camp. Return S. B. Arragon [91] arrives from Orleans 23 Rover leaves for Louisville & Jubilee for Orleans 24 S. B. Crusader departs for N. Orleans With Col McKinney on board 25 Comence coal fires in office 27 Steam Boat America leaves for Orleans. 27[th] troops return from the Winabago Expedition [92] 28 S. B. Rover arrives from Louisville Kty. 30 S. B. Rover leaves for mouth River. |
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October, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date At Weather Wind At Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 A.M. 4 P.M. of River
1 68 " S.E. 72 Clear S.E River rising
2 68 " S.E 72 Cloudy S.E " " (Sunday)
3 68 " SE. 78 " S.E River falling
4 70 " S.E. 76 " S.E " "
5 76 " S.E 78 " S.E " "
6 68 " S.E 70 " S.E " "
7 66 " S.E 64 Rain E " " Sunday
8 64 " E 64 Rain E " Rising
9 60 " E 62 Clear E " "
10 56 " E 60 Cloudy S.E River on a rise
11 56 " E 60 " S.E " "
12 56 " S.E. 56 Clear S.E " "
13 52 " S.E. 62 " S.E " "
14 52 " S.E 60 " S.E " " Sunday
15 60 " S.E 66 " S.E " "
16 60 " S.E 64 " S.E " "
17 56 " S.E 66 " S.E " "
18 64 " S.E 70 " E River falling
19 65 " S.E 70 Cloudy E " "
20 65 Cloudy S.E 68 Rain E
21 60 Cloudy SE 60 Clear E Sunday
22 58 Cloudy S E 60 " E " "
23 54 Clear S E 60 " E " "
24 54 " S.E 62 " E " "
25 52 " S.E 60 " E " "
26 50 " S.E 58 " E " "
27 50 " S.E 54 " E " "
28 48 Cloudy S.E 54 Rain E " "
29 50 " W 54 " S W River Rising
30 42 Clear S.W 54 Clear S W " "
31 48 " S.W 48 " S.W " "
1 Foggy morning |
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16 Foggy morning S. B. Rover leaves for mouth River November, 1827
Tem. Tem.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 A M 4 P.M of River
1 48 Clear S.E 48 Clear S.E. River falling
2 52 Cloudy S E 48 Cloudy S.E " "
3 56 " S E 64 " S.E " "
4 48 " S.E 54 " S.E " Sunday
5 60 " S.E 54 " S E " "
6 60 Rain E 60 Rain S E " Rising
7 48 Cloudy E 60 Clear S E "
8 52 Clear E 64 " S E
9 58 " E 62 " E Falling
10 58 " 60 " S.E "
11 60 " S.E 60 " S.E Sunday
12 60 " S.E 53 " S.E
13 52 Cloudy S.E 56 " S.E. River falling
14 48 Smoky S.E. 52
15 50 " S.E 60 Smoky S.E " "
16 58 Cloudy S.E 58 Clear S.E " "
17 50 Clear E 52 " S.E
18 48 Rain E 48 Rain E Sunday
19 42 Cloudy S.W 40 Cloudy S W " "
20 40 " S.W 40 " S W " "
21 37 1\2 Clear S.W. 40 " S E " "
22 Snow S W 38 " S W " "
23 38 Cloudy N.E 48 Clear S.W. " "
24 38 " N.E 38 Cloudy S.W. " "
25 38 Cold N E 38 " S.W Sudnay
26 33 Clear N E 40 Clear S.W River falling
27 40 Rain N.E 40 Cloudy S.E " "
28 38 Clear N E 42 Clear S W " "
29 37 Clear N E 40 Clear S W " "
30 40 Clear N E 42 Clear S W " "
2 S. B. Plough Boy arrives from Louisville & S Louis packett from
Gallena. |
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5 Rain, accompanied with Thunder & Lightning. December, 1827
Temp. Temp.
Date at Weather Wind at Weather Wind Rise & fall
8 A.M 4 p.m of River
1 42 Clear N.E 36 Clear N E River falling
2 46 Cloudy N E 48 Cloudy " "
3 48 " N E 59 1/2 " N E " "
4 48 " N.E 47 " N E River Rising
5 48 " N E 48 " N W " "
6 54 Rain N W 58 Rain N W " "
7 38 Cloudy N E 38 Clear N W " "
8 36 Clear N E 37 1/2 " N W " "
9 28 " N E 37 1/2 " N W " " Sunday
10 34 " N W 36 " N W " "
11 34 " N E 40 " N W River falling
12 34 " N E 40 " N W " "
13 46 Cloudy N E 44 " N W " "
14 46 Smoky calm Calm foggy Some mist last
night & this morning
15 36 " " 34 Smoky " Snow last night
16 34 Cloudy " 34 Clear " River falling rapidly
17 32 Clear " 35 1/2 " " " " "
18 32 Rain " 32 Rain "
19 33 Cloudy " 32 Cloudy " River rising
20 32 " " 36 " " River Rising 2 feet
L[ast] night
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21 34 Cloudy S.SE 34 S E
& rain
22 36 Cloudy N.E 34 Rain N E River has risen
misty 6 feet.
23 36 " N E 34 " Calm River still on Rise
24 36 Rain Calm 34 Rain Calm River Rising
25 46 Rain " 47 1/2 " " River falling
26 48 Foggy " 54 Cloudy W River falling
& mist
27 51 Clear Calm 52 Clear N.W. river Rises a little
rain at night.
28 40 Cloudy N E 40 Cloudy N W. River rises fast Rained
all the last night
29 40 " N E 38 Clear " " "
30 40 Cloudy N E 40 " Calm " " " Sunday
31 40 Clear 42 " " River rises "
2 S. B. Shamrock arrives from Louisville |
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22 The sun shines this morning for the first time for one week |
Louisa BARRY is in charge of the Manuscripts division of the Kansas State Historical Society.1. The latter property Clark apparently sold to the government. In his letter of July 18, 1829, to Thomas L. McKenney, Clark described the Indian Department's grounds in St. Louis as: "Those Grounds (which] were sold by me to the Department for certain purposes and are situated between Main Street and the River.' -Superintendency of Indian affairs, St. Louis, "Records," v. 4, in Mss. division, Kansas State Historical Society.  2. William and Julia (Hancock) Clark had five children: Meriwether Lewis (born January 10, 1809; died October 28, 1881); William Preston (born October 5, 1811; died May 16, 1834) Mary Margaret (born January 1, 1814; died October 15, 1821); George Rogers Hancock (born May 6, 1816; died September 29, 1858); John Julius (born July 7, 1818; died September b, 1831). All were born at St. Louis, Mo. Julia (Hancock) Clark died June 27, 1820.-Coues, Elliott, History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark (New York, 1893), v. 4, genealogical table; Drumm, Stella M., "The Kennerlys of Virginia," in Missouri Historical Society Collections, St. Louis, v. 6, pp. 106, 108. 3. There were two children of this marriage: (Thomas) Jefferson Kennerly (born February 29, 1824; died January 9, 1900); Edmond (born September 9, 1826; died August 12, 18271. The second Mrs. Clark died December 28, 1831. Ibid. 4. He had personal business interests, such as the Missouri Fur Company venture. Although it was not particularly successful, other financial dealings were, and he died a fairly well-to-do man. William Clark's death occurred in St. Louis, September 1, 1838. 5. Letter, Clark to E. Herring, Indian Department dated July 16, 1832.-Superintendency of Indian affairs, St. Louis, "Records," v. 4, p. 391, loc. cit. 6. The names of all these men appear, in no particular order, on the fly-leaf of the diary. 7. Another check was made from the statement in the Missouri Republican, St. Louis, June 7, 1827, that the "St. Louis Steam Boat Register" showed the arrival of 82 boats between February 12 and June 4, 1827. The diary for this same period noted 71 arrivals. 8. Ibid., May 25, 1820. In 1830, 278 steam and 91 keel boats entered the port of St Louis.-St. Louis Beacon, January 0, 1881. 9. Letter, Calhoun to Clark, May 28, 1822.-War Department, Secretary's Office, "Letters Sent, Indian Affairs, E: 59," in National Archives, Washington, D. C. The governors of Michigan, Arkansas, and Florida territories were, by law, superintendents of Indian affairs within their respective domains.-23 Cong., 1 Sess., House Report 474 (Serial 263), p. 44. 10. The "Clark papers," more properly known as the superintendency of Indian affairs, St. Louis, "Records," is a collection of 33 volumes (as labeled), consisting for the most part of records maintained by the superintendency office. These papers represent only a small part of the vast records which must have been kept by Clark's staff. They were purchased many years ago from a second-hand book store in Lawrence, Kan. 11. It is the editor's opinion, however, that no similar record was kept prior to May, 1826, from the fact that an unnumbered page, preceding page one in the diary, is headed: April, 1826," but contains no entries; also, it will be noted, the diary does not include full weather data until mid-May, 1826. 12. The diary for 1826 and 1827 is published in this issue of the Quarterly. The remainder will appear in succeeding issues. 13. "HIGH WATERS.-The Mississippi is, at this time, considerably higher than it has been for many years. The water, in many places, is over its banks, and the low lands. for miles back, entirely inundated. The inhabitants have been compelled to leave their homes. ."-Missouri Republican, St. Louis, May 11, 1826. 14. "The Mississippi, at this place, has again subsided, and is now confined within its natural channel."-Ibid., June 1, 1826. 15. The Gen. Coffee was a new, 200-ton boat, built at Pittsburgh in 1826.-Hall, James, Notes on the Western States (Philadelphia, 1838), p. 256. She is not mentioned again in the diary until May 2, 1828, and then, as the "Coffee." 16. Fort Crawford was the military post at Prairie du Chien. See, also, Footnote 89. 17. Accounts say that Francis G. Chouteau (son of Pierre and Brigitte [Saucier] Chouteau), established a trading post for the American Fur Company in 1821, in the river bottom, opposite Randolph Bluffs (some three miles below present Kansas City, (Mo.). Francis had married Berenice Menard in 1819, and in the fall of 1821 he brought his wife and family to this place, from St. Louis, via canoes and pirogues. After the 1826 flood the post was reestablished on higher ground. -Miller, W. H., The History of Kansas City . . . (Kansas City, Mo., 18811, pp. 9, 10; The History of Jackson County, Missouri . . (Kansas City, Mo., 1881), p. 102; Billon, F. L., Annals of St. Louis in Its Territorial Days from 1802 to 1821 (St. Louis, 1888), pp. 168-170. 18. Hall, op. cit., lists no boat named Ceolo. 19. Four companies of the First regiment, under Bvt. Maj. Stephen Kearny, had spent the winter of 1825-1826 in a temporary camp called "Cantonment Barbour," eight miles below Fort Atkinson (Neb.). They started down the Missouri river on May 2, 1826, reached the old post Cantonment Bellefontaine on May 10, and made camp there in the dilapidated buildings. On July 10 they abandoned this place by War Department order and moved down the river to a site previously selected by General Atkinson, ten miles below St. Louis. The new military post was named Jefferson Barracks on October 23, 1826. Missouri Historical Society Collections, St. Louis, v. 3, pp. 198, 199. 20. St. Peters river, now the Minnesota river. The Falls of St. Anthony are on the Mississippi, at present Minneapolis. 21. The flood of 1826 was a memorable one. At St. Louis a marker was placed to indicate the high water line. But a greater flood developed in 1844 when the Mississippi rose seven feet and seven inches above the 1826 mark.-Scharf, J. T., History of Saint Louis City and County (Philadelphia, 1883), v. 1, pp. 128, 129. 22. The Coosa, 173 tons, was built at Marietta, Ohio, in 1826.-Hall, op. cit., p. 263. 23. Paul Loise, long employed as Osage interpreter, was the son of Alexis and Elizabeth (Beaugenou) Loise, of St. Louis.-Billon, F. L., Annals of St. Louis in Its Early Days under the French and Spanish Dominations (St. Louis, 1886), p. 417. He had a daughter Terese, half Osage, who was given a tract of land by the Osage treaty of June 2, 1826; For other data on Loise, see diary entry of April 29, 1827, and Footnote 60. 24. "J. B"-probably written by Jesse Benton, office clerk. 25. The Liberator ran against the rocks and partly filled with water. But, in twelve or fifteen days the boat was completely repaired.--Missouri Republican, St. Louis, June 15, 1826; diary entry of June 6, 1826. She was a new boat of 200 tons, built at Pittsburgh, Pa.-Hall, op. cit., p. 257. 26. See diary entry for July 13, 1826, and Footnote 29. 27. Ex-Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 28. The Virginia, built in 1826, was a 122-ton boat.-Hall, op. cit., p. 262. 29. Colonel Lewis, or Quatawapea, was chief of the Lewistown band of Shawnee Indians. He lived for many years near Waupaghconneta, Ohio. The Shawnees finally deposed him, and he emigrated with his family and n few followers to lands assigned the Shawnees in present Kansas, where he died in 1826.-McKenney, Thomas L., History of the Indian Tribes of North America . . (Philadelphia, 1868), v. 2, pp. 55-57. He was a witness to the Shawnee treaty of 1825. 30. Walter B. Alexander died at the home of his father-in-law Gen. Bernard Pratte, Sr., St. Louis, on July 15, 1826.-Billon, op. cit., p. 358. He had been employed as subagent.19 Cong., 2 Sess., House Doc. 112 (Serial 156), p. 20. 31. The Decater, built in 1826 at Brownsville, Pa., was a 113-tin boat.- Hall, op. cit., p. 254 32. The Huntress was a new, 300-ton boat, built at New Albany, Ind.-Ibid., p. 256. 33. Kennekuk (Kennekuk, Keeanakuk, etc.) the "Kickapoo Prophet," was accepted as a chief by the remnant of his tribe who remained in Illinois following the Kickapoos' land cessions in 1819. The Kickapoos of Missouri and Illinois were finally persuaded to move to lands set aside for them above Cantonment Leavenworth, in present Kansas, in 1833. The Baptist missionary, the Rev. Isaac McCoy, wrote in 1834: "Kalukuk [Kennekuk], or, the Kickapoo Prophet, one of the Kickapoo Chiefs, is a professed preacher, of an order which he himself originated some years ago. . He teaches abstinence from the use of ardent spirits, and some other good morals. He appears to have little knowledge of the doctrines of Christianity, only as his dogmas happen to agree with them. . Polygamy is allowed. Kalukuk. the leader, has two wives. Whipping with a rod, is one article of their creed, and is submitted to as an atonement for sin. . ."-McCoy, Isaac, The Annual Register of Indian Affairs No. 1 (Shawanoe Mission, 1835), p. 30. Kennekuk came to present Kansas in May, 1833. He died of smallpox in 1852.-Custer, Milo, "Kennekuk or Keeanakuk, the Kiekapoo Prophet," in Illinois Historical Society Journal, v. 11, pp. 48-56. 34. Sanachwan, or Sena-chewin, was "chief of the united tribes of the Illinois river Indians."-23 Cong., 1 Sess., Senate Doc. 512 (Serial 245), pp. 556, 558. |