At White Catfish Camp near present Bellevue, Nebraska, the day proves too windy to load the barge. Clark endures a day of blowing sand and mosquitoes while the enlisted men hunt and make leather.
Five Beaver Caught
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Beaver Hide
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Blowing Sands
the wind blew Verry hard all Day from the South with Clouds of Sand which incomoded me verry much in my tent, and as I could not Draw in the Boat was obliged Combat with the Misqutr. under a Shade in the woods—
—William Clark
Treating an Abscess
I opened the Breast of a man the discharge gave him ease &c . . . . which discharged half a point.
—William Clark
Dressing Skins
five Beever [beaver] Cough[t] near this Camp the flesh of which we made use of— This evening we found verry pleasent—
—William ClarkG. Drewyer killed 2 Deer & one Turkey. the Party Generally bussey dressing Skins &C—
—John Ordway
White Catfish Camp is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Across from White Catfish Camp, on the Nebraska side, the Fontenelle Forest provides trails and Lewis and Clark interpretation.
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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