In Marietta, two of the crew are so drunk that Lewis must assist them to the boat. Moving down the Ohio, Lewis’s dog, Seaman, catches squirrels swimming the river, and Lewis notes that many settlers suffer from malaria and ague.
Fevers and Ague
Peruvian Bark
Cinchona officinalis L.
By H. Zell who has licensed it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.
The fever and ague and bilious fevers here commence their banefull oppression and continue through the whole course of the river with increasing violence as your approach it’s mouth—
—Meriwether Lewis
Drunken Sailors
Set out this morning at 11 oClock was prevented seting out earlyer in consequence of two of my men geting drunk and absenting themselves. I f[i]nally found them and had them brought on board, so drunk that they were unable to help themselves passed several riffles and lay all night on the N. W. shore—
—Meriwether Lewis
Also on this day . . .
Lewis’s dog, Seaman, hunts squirrels swimming across the river, likely the Eastern gray squirrel.
