THE LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION PRESENTS MOMENTS IN TIME WITH ENTRIES FROM THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK

JANUARY 6TH, 1806 CAPTAIN CLARK SET OUT AFTER AN EARLY BREAKFAST WITH THE PARTY IN TWO CANOES. CHARBONO AND HIS INDIAN WOMAN WERE ALSO OF THE PARTY.

THE INDIAN WOMAN WAS VERY IMPORTUNATE TO BE PERMITTED TO GO. SHE OBSERVED THAT SHE HAD TRAVELLED A LONG WAY WITH US TO SEE THE GREAT WATERS AND NOW THAT MONSTROUS FISH WERE ALSO TO BE SEEN SHE THOUGHT IT VERY HARD SHE COULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO SEE EITHER.

– MERIWETHER LEWIS

JANUARY 8TH, 1806 FROM THIS POINT I BEHELD THE GRANDEST AND MOST PLEASING PROSPECT WHICH MY EYES EVER SURVEYED. THE ENUMERABLE ROCKS AGAINST WHICH THE SEAS BREAK WITH GREAT FORCE GIVES THIS COAST A MOST ROMANTIC APPEARANCE.

– WILLIAM CLARK

MOMENTS IN TIME FROM THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK