Fort Clatsop, Astoria, OR The captains continue to barter for canoes without success. Several men are busy hunting and gathering meat. Lewis describes the white-fronted goose, new to science.
Twenty Shots, Four Elk[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
Harvesting the Hunt
as the Elk were scattered we Sent two parties for them, they returned in the evening with four Skins, and the flesh of three Elk, that of one of them haveing become putred from the liver and pluck [internal organs] haveing been carelessly left in the Animal all night.
—Meriwether Lewis
The “Old Baud” Returns
a Chinnook Chief his wife and six women of his nation which the old baud his wife had brought for market. this was the same party that had communicated the venerial to so many of our party in November last, and of which they have finally recovered. I therefore gave the men a particular charge with rispect to them which they promised me to observe.
—Meriwether Lewis
Canoe Shopping
the Savages [Clatsops] Stayed in the fort last night, but do not incline to Sell us their canoe. Drewyer and five men Sent up to the Cathlemahs [Kathlamets] village to purchase a canoe if possible
—John Ordway
Observations
Observed Equal Altitudes of the
with Sextant . . . . chronometer too slow on mean Time
—Meriwether Lewis
White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
Photo © 2007 Walter Siegmund. Permission via the GNU Free Documentation License.
White-fronted Goose
There is a third speceis of brant in the neighbourhood of this place which is about the size and much the form of the pided brant.
—Meriwether Lewis
Oregon oxalis (Wood Sorrel)
Oxalis oregana
© 2006 Walter Siegmund. Permission via the GNU Free Documentation License.
Weather Diary
Aspect of the weather at Wind at Aspect of weather at 4 O’Ck P. M. Wind at 4 OCk. P. M. cloudy after clouds N E. fair N. E. the temperature of the air is perfectly pleasent without fire.—became fair at 8 A. M.— the sorrel with an oval, obtuse and ternate leaf has now put forth it’s leaves. [Oregon oxalis] some of them have nearly obtained their growth already. the birds were singing very agreably this morning particularly the common robin.—
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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, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of the Month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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