April 22, 1805 - Discover Lewis & Clark

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Towing the boats in high winds, the expedition makes only eleven miles up the Missouri River. In the area of present Williston, North Dakota, Lewis describes salt deposits and glacial erratics. A bison calf, perhaps afraid of Lewis’s dog Seaman, looks to Lewis for protection.

Captain Lewis’s Four Legged Friend

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

Seaman

Towing Boats

Set out at an early hour this morning; proceeded pretty well untill breakfat, when the wind became so hard a head that we proceeded with difficulty even with the assistance of our toe lines.
—Meriwether Lewis

White Earth River (Little Muddy)

the salts which have been before mentioned as common on the Missouri, appears in great quantities along the banks of this river, which are in many places so thickly covered with it that they appear perfectly white. perhaps it has been from this white appearance of it’s banks that the river has derived it’s name.
—Meriwether Lewis

Glacial Erratics

the broken hills of the Missouri about this place exhibit large irregular and broken masses of rocks and stones; some of which tho’ 200 feet above the level of the water seem at some former period to have felt it’s influence, for they appear smoth as if woarn by the agetation of the water.
—Meriwether Lewis

Lewis’s Buffalo Calf

walking on shore this evening I met with a buffaloe calf which attatched itself to me and continued to follow close at my heels untill I embarked and left it. it appeared allarmed at my dog which was probably the cause of it’s so readily attatching itself to me.
—Meriwether Lewis

Other Sightings

Weather Diary

State of Thermometer at rise Weather Wind at rise State of Thermometer at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. State of the River

34 [above 0] fair after cloudy W. 40 [above 0] fair N W raised 2 in.

wind very hard greater part of the day—
—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.

State of Thermometer at rise	Weather	Wind at rise	State of Thermometer at 4 P.M.	Weather	Wind at 4 P.M.	State of the River
34 [above 0]	fair after cloudy	W.	40 [above 0]	fair	N W	raised 2 in.

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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.
↑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.