While retracing their steps to Weippe Prairie, Lewis expresses “mortification in being thus compelled.” On the way, they meet two Nez Perce men who bring with them three stray horses and a mule. Shannon and Drouillard are at the Nez Perce villages (present Kamiah, Idaho) seeking guides.
Further Retracing Their Steps
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
Weippe Prairie
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Retracing Steps
We collected our horses early set out on our return to the flatts. we all felt some mortification in being thus compelled to retrace our steps through this tedious and difficult part of our rout, obstructed with brush and innumerable logs of fallen timber which renders the traveling distressing and even dangerous to our horses.
—Meriwether Lewis
Injured Horses
one of Thompson‘s horses is either choked this morning or has the distemper very badly I fear he is to be of no further servive to us. an excellent horse of Cruzatte‘s snagged himself so badly in the groin in jumping over a parsel of fallen timber that he will evidently be of no further service to us.
—Meriwether Lewis
Nez Perce Helpers
at the pass of Collins‘s Creek we met two indians who were on their way over the mountain; they had brought with them the three horses and the mule that had left us . . . . we pressed these indians to remain with us and to conduct us over the mountain on the return of Drewyer and Shannon.
—Meriwether Lewis
Back to Weippe Prairie
at seven in the evening we found ourselves once more at our old encampment where we shall anxious await the return of Drewyer and Shannon.—
—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. fair S E fair N W —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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