15 November 1803 Map of the Confluence drawn by Clark-Page 195 W. Clark’s Field Notes During five (5) days at the Mouth of the Ohio Lewis and Clark made celestial observations, drew maps, wrote reports, and described how eastern American Indians were already migrating west of the Mississippi River. The captains visited Old Ft. Jefferson, built by George Rogers Clark, William’s older brother, during the Revolutionary War. (1)(2) Clark had previously surveyed and drawn a map of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in 1796 and had been at the confluence on other occasions. (3) Kentucky State Parks – Wickliffe Mounds
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(1) Moulton, Gary,
The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, V-2, page 87.
(2) Osgood, Ernest,
The Field Notes of Captain William Clark 1803-1805 , Yale University, Hartford, CT, 1964, page 195.
(3) Ehrenberg, Ralph and Viola, Herman,
Mapping West with Lewis & Clark , Library of Congress. Levenger Press, Delray Beach, FL, page 76.