Overnight, a beaver is caught in two traps causing an argument over ownership. The entire Charbonneau family joins Clark on shore as the boats struggle against strong headwinds. Later, Lewis takes a turn walking the shore where he observes bison wool and the golden pea. Camp is below present Williston, North Dakota.
Wind Detains the Corps
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
Golden Pea
Thermopsis rhombifolia
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One Beaver Twice Trapped
one Beaver & a Musrat Cought this morning, the beaver cought in two traps, which like to have brought about a missunderstanding between two of the party &c.
—William Clark
Clark and the Charbonneaus
I concluded to walk thro’ the point about 2 miles and take Shabono [Charbonneau], with me, he had taken a dost of Salts &c. his Squar [Sacagawea] followed on with his child [Jean Baptiste Charbonneau]
—William Clark
Fine Bison Wool
I also saw several parsels of buffaloe’s hair hanging on the rose bushes, which had been bleached by exposure to the weather and became perfectly white. it every appearance of the wool of the sheep, tho’ much finer and more silkey and soft. I am confident that an excellent cloth may be made of the wool of the Buffaloe.
—Meriwether Lewis
Golden Pea
I walked with them on the bank; found a species of pea bearing a yellow flower, and now in blume; it seldom rises more than 6 inches high, the leaf & stalk resembles that of the common gardin pea, the root is pirenial.
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
State of Thermometer at rise
Weather Wind at State of Thermometer at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. State of the River 52 [above 0] fair N. E. 64 [above 0] cloudy N. Wind very violent a heavy dew this morning. which is the first and only one we have seen since we passed the council bluffs last summer. there is but little dew in this open country.— saw a flock of pillecan pass from S. W. to N. E. they appeared to be on a long flight.—
—William Clark and Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, clarified the “State of the River” information, and spelled out some abbreviations.
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 date column, clarified the “State of the River” information, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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