Having dressed their new leather, the expedition leaves Pleasant Camp near present Oacoma, South Dakota. They stop to hunt among twenty thousand bison and collect their horns to sell for knife and fork handles. After twenty miles, they camp near present Chamberlain.
Buffalo!
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Setting Out
the Skins of the party which they had been dressing Since yesterday being now completely dressed I derected all loose baggage to be put on board the Canoes and at 10 A. M. Set out and proceeded on passed the white river
—William Clark
Twenty Thousand Bison
from this eminance I had a view of a greater number of buffalow than I had ever Seen before at one time. I must have Seen near 20,000 of those animals feeding on this plain. I have observed that in the country between the nations which are at war with each other the greatest numbers of wild animals are to be found—
—William Clark
Saving Bison Horns
we Save all the buffaloe horns we can find to take to the States as they would make excelent kife and fork handles &C &C.—
—John Ordway
Wounded Mule Deer
Jo. Field informed that he wounded female of the Mule deer a little below our Camp late in the evening and could not prosue her I directed him to Set out with 3 others and follow the Deer and get her if possible early in the morning.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of the weather at Sun rise State of wind at Sunrise State of the weather at 4 P. M. Wind at 4 P. M. State of river clear N W fair after rain S E fall ½ in. Some rain this morning only a fiew drops and at 10 A. M.
—William Clark[2]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged.
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 omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged. |
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