Sgt. Floyd’s Last Journal Entry

This brief and poignant entry is among the last written by Sergeant Charles Floyd, who would die just two days later on August 20, 1804. Floyd’s journal, though shorter than the other expedition journalists, provides valuable perspectives on the early weeks of the journey.

“I am verry sick and Has ben for Sometime but have Recovered my helth again.”

Floyd’s optimistic assessment that he had recovered proved tragically wrong. His death, likely from a ruptured appendix, made him the only expedition member to die during the entire two-year journey.