Before the famous
adventure of Lewis and Clark, they stayed at the start of the Dubois River.
The men built Camp River Dubois. They spent months packing their 50 foot long
keelboat. They built a small town to live while they packed the ship. Because
they were given tasteless army rations, they made it more appealing by trading
with nearby towns and hunting rabbits, deer, elk, turkey and other prey. The
houses housed several men, so it was fairly crowded. Covering the houses,
with clay helped keep heat in during the cold night. Clark had the men also
cover the chimneys with clay to stop things from catching on fire.
Sadly this tactic didn't work, Clark later reported that his chimney had caught fire.
Right before the journey Clark took their meticulously packed keelboat
out on the Dubois to make sure it was perfectly balanced.
sorry we were lazy and didn't take any pictures!Zoe ;)
Hi Myles/Zoe, good to see your new post. Who is the "they" you refer to in the first sentence? (Pardon my ignorance...)
ReplyDeletePost pictures next time!
How are the animals doing without you?
Love, Eve
The Discovery corps.
DeleteThanks for posting eve
Z
Their keelboat is your Big Red van.
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