Lewis’s dog Seaman disappears during the night but fortunately returns in the morning. Lewis and a small detachment advance to the Yellowstone River. With water freezing to the paddles, Clark commands the boats. His group stops short of the Yellowstone.
The Banks of the Yellowstone
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
Captain Lewis Sighting the Yellowstone
oil on canvas
© 1999 by Charles Fritz. Used by permission.
Seaman Returns
my dog [Seaman] had been absent during the last night, and I was fearfull we had lost him altogether, however, much to my satisfaction he joined us at 8 Oclock this morning.
—Meriwether Lewis
Sighting the Yellowstone
I ascended the hills from whence I had a most pleasing view of the country, perticularly of the wide and fertile vallies formed by the missouri and the yellowstone rivers, which occasionally unmasked by the wood on their borders disclose their meanderings for many miles in their passage through these delightfull tracts of country.
—Meriwether Lewis
Hunting on the “Yallow Rock”
Capt. Lewis Shot a goose on hir nest we got 6 eggs out of it, towards evening we killed 2 cow buffaloe and a calf in a handsom Smoth bottom below the mouth of Yallow Rock River.
—John Ordway
Clark’s Day
ice collected on the ores this morning, the wind increased and became So violent about 1 oClock we were obliged to lay by our Canoes haveing taken in Some water,
—William Clark
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 36 [above 0] fair N 52 [above 0] fair N W raised 2 in. [wind very hard] until 5 oClock P M
—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.
The Yellowstone River Confluence is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The public can visit the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center.
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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