Lemhi River Valley, ID After a flag ceremony at the Upper Lemhi village, Lewis commences horsetrading. In the evening, the Lemhi Shoshones dance and sing. Further down the Lemhi River, Clark’s group hunts while waiting for Lewis to arrive.
15-star Flag
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Lewis: Flags, Horses, Dancing
Flag Ceremony
a beautiful pleasant morning we hoisted our large flag. Capt. Lewis Gave the head chief a flag also the 2 chief one they hoisted them on the levil near their lodges.
—Joseph Whitehouse
Rising Prices
Capt. Lewis bought 8 or 9 horses this day. the natives do not wish to part with any more of their horses without gitting a higher price for them. the most of those he has bought as yet was for about 3 or 4 dollars worth of marchandize at the first cost, but we will have to give a little more to git a fiew more horses
—John Ordway
Horse Trading
Capt. Lewis then began to trade with the natives for horses, after paying off the women who helped us over the divideing mount. Mr. Sharbono bought one horse for a red cloak.
—Joseph Whitehouse
Horse
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Evening Dance
in the evening the natives [Lemhi Shoshones] had a war dance and danced with their guns those that had any but they had only three or 4 among them. they were verry merry but did not dance So regular as the Indians on the Missourie. their women Sang with them, but did not dance any they tell us that Some of their horses will dance but they have not brought them out yet.
—John Ordway
Clark: Contentment and Complaints
Salmon for Every Meal
one man killed a Small Sammon, and the Indians gave me another which afforded us a Sleight brackfast. an Indian brough in to the Camp 5 Sammon, two of which I purchased which afforded us a Supper.
—William Clark
Contrasting Attitudes
Those Pore people are here depending on what fish They Can Catch, without anything else to depend on; and appere Contented, my party hourly Complaining of their retched Situation
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of the Thermometer at rise
Weather at Wind at State of the Thermometer at 4 P.M. Weather at 4 P.M. Wind at 4 P.M. 32 [above 0] fair S E 56 [above 0] fair S E hard frost white this morning. [Clark adds:] on the Columbian waters.
—Meriwether Lewis and William Clark[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column and spelled out some abbreviations.
Notes
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