Clark enjoys a breakfast of roasted deer ribs and coffee. He notices that sandbars are increasing as they near the mouth of the Platte. They run out of butter, and the men make cherry-flavored whiskey.
Approaching the River Platte
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Short-grass Prairie
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Boundless Prairie
Came Suddenly into an open and bound less Prarie, I Say bound less because I could not See the extent of the plain in any Derection
—William Clark
Coffee with Breakfast
afte[r] breakfast which was on a rosted Ribs of a Deer a little and a little Coffee I walked on Shore intending only to Keep up with the Boat
—William Clark
Cherry Whiskey
we gethered a quantity of cherries at noon time & put in to the Whisky barrel
—John Ordway
Last Butter
I call this Island Butter Island, as at this place we mad use of the last of our butter,
—William Clark
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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