Reubin Field and Alexander Willard leave Weippe Prairie for present Crane Meadow to hunt ahead of the main group. At the primary camp, the men dry meat, and the captains trade horses and work on their “Estimate of Western Indians”.
Eight Deer Brought In Today
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Camas Blooms at Crane Meadow
Camassia quamash
© 7 June 2009 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Hunting at Crane Meadow
Reubin Feilds [Reubin Field] and Willard were ordered to proceed on our road to a small prarie 8 miles distant on this side of Collins‘s Creek and there hunt until our arrival
—Meriwether Lewis
Eight Deer Brought In
about noon seven of our hunters returned with 8 deer; they had wounded several others and a bear but did not get them. in the evening Labuis [Labiche] and Cruzatte returned and reported that the buzzards has eaten up a deer which they had killed butchered and hung up this morning.
—Meriwether Lewis
Trading Horses
The indian who visited us yesterday exchanged his horse for one of ours which had not perfectly recovered from the operation of castration and received a small ax and a knife to boot, he seemed much pleased with his exchange and set out immediately to his village, as if fearfull that we would cansel the bargain which is customary among themselves and deemed only fair.
—Meriwether Lewis
Estimate of Western Indians
we made a digest of the Indian Nations West of the Rocky Mountains which we have seen and of whom we have been repeated informed by those with whom we were conversent. they amount by our estimate to 69,000 Souls.—
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
State of the weather at rise
Wind at State of the weather at 4 P.M. Wind at 4 P.M. cloudy S E cloudy after fair N W The days for several past have been warm, the Musquetoes troublesome
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is not presented and some abbreviations have been spelled out.
Weippe Prairie is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. A 274-acre tract in the prairie is managed by the Nez Perce National Historic Park.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is not presented and some abbreviations have been spelled out. |
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