The Belle Creole was built in 1823 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Her home port was New Orleans and she was a New Orleans-Bends packet. Captain Champremere was her master. She foundered and sank in 1829. This photograph was reproduced from an old sketch made at New Orleans, Louisiana.
provisions of the expedition.
Both letters are written by Lieut. Clark, to his father, Col. Isaac Clark in Castleton, Vermont. Isaac Clark, Sr. (1742-1822) had a military career that spanned some fifty years. He fought in the Revolutionary War, participating in the Battle of Bennington (1777) and the recapture of Fort Ticonderoga (1778). During the War of 1812 he led Vermont troops in patrolling the