Journals of the
Lewis & Clark Expedition

[Lewis]

13th This morning being clare we persued our journey at sunrise and after passing a few riffles over which we had to lift the boat we arrived at Marietta, ^[1] the mouth of the Muskingum river, at 7 OClock in the evening    observid many pigeons ^[2] passing over us pursuing a south East course. The squirrels still continue to cross the river from N. W. to S. E.—Marietta is one hundred miles from Wheeling; lay here all night    wrote to the President of U.S. ^[3]    dismissed two of my hands, one of whome by the name of Wilkinson I had engaged at Georgetown, the other Saml. Mongomery, I engaged at Wheeling, my party from Pittsburgh to Mackintosh was 11 [written over 10] strong from thence to georgetown 10 [written over 11], from thence to Wheeling 11 [written over 10], from thence to Muskingum 13 [perhaps written over 12], from thence to Limestone 12, ^[4] at Wheeling I engaged Mongomery and a young man come on board and agreed to work his passage, on the same terms I engaged another at Marietta or the mouth of Muskingum— ^[5]    This evening was visited by Colo. Green ^[6] the Postmaster at this place, he appears to be much of a gentleman and an excelant republican.—