February 24 Friday – A.B. Chambers arrived in St. Louis.

February 14 Tuesday – A.B. Chambers left for St. Louis.

February 11 Saturday – A.B. Chambers arrived in New Orleans.

February 1 Wednesday – A.B. Chambers left for New Orleans.

January 20 Friday – A.B. Chambers arrived in St. Louis.

January 10 Tuesday – A.B. Chambers left for St. Louis.

January 7 Saturday – A.B. Chambers arrived in New Orleans.

December 31 Saturday – A.B. Chambers arrived in New Orleans.

December 29 Thursday – A.B. Chambers reached Cairo, Illinois.

December 22 or 23 Friday – The Chambers ran aground five miles south of Commerce, Mo., where the channel flowed between Power’s Island and Goose Island—a notorious trap. It was soon stuck hard with ice piling up around it. Out of wood, the captain ordered Sam and seven others to take a yawl and row up river to fetch a flatboat with wood. Sam’s judgment in directing the craft avoided certain death by any other course [MTL 1: 95n4]. (See this note for the full story as told by Grant Marsh, first mate.)