At Tongue Point, Pvt. Joseph Field brings in marrow bones from their first Pacific elk, a significant addition to the health of Clark and the several enlisted men who are ill. Down the river, Lewis continues looking for a site to build winter quarters.
Finally! Meat on the Table
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
Hunting and Fishing
Cloudy with Some rain this morning I Send out three men to hunt & 2 & my man york in a Canoe up the Ke-ke-mar-que Creek in Serch of fish and fowl—
—William Clark
“Lax and Gripeing”
I feel verry unwell, and have entirely lost my appetite for the Dried pounded fish which is in fact the cause of my disorder at present— The men are generally Complaining of a lax and gripeing—
—William Clark
First Pacific Elk
In the evening Joseph Field came in with the Marrow bones of a elk which he killed at 6 miles distant, this welcome news to us . . . . this is the first Elk which has been killd. on this Side of the rockey mountains— Jo Fields givs me an account of a great deel of Elk Sign & Says he Saw 2 Gangs of those Animals in his rout
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather 2nd S W. cloudy after rain rained all the last night and untill meridian cloudy the remainder of the day
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.
Tongue Point is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site can be viewed from the east at the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge and to the west along the Astoria Riverwalk.
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 spelled out some abbreviations. |
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
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