Hunters leave some elk near a Clatsop village, and Lewis worries they are in peril of being stolen. Four men arrive from the salt works with two bushels of salt and some whale blubber.
Great Success Hunting Elk
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
Elk Herd in Fog
National Elk Refuge
Created by Lori Iverson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Seven Elk in Peril
About three o’clock Drewyer and La Page, returned; Drewyer had killed seven Elk in the point below us, several miles distant but can be approached with in ¾ of a mile with canoes by means of a small creek which discharges itself into the bay on this side of the Clatsop village . . . . we are apprehensive that the Clatsops who know where the meat is will rob us of a part if not the whole of it.
—Meriwether Lewis
Four Elk Brought In
Sergt Gass returned with his party, they brought with them the flesh of four other Elk which the hunters had found, being a part of the ten which were killed up the Netul river the other day. he left R. Fields, Shannon and Labuish to continue the hunt and made an appointment to return to them on Friday.
—Meriwether Lewis
Salt and Whale Meat
five men came in from the Salt camp, with 2 bushels of Salt & the flesh of part a whale which we found tolerably good eating.— The natives call the whale meat E-Co-ley.—
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
aspect of the weather at rise
Wind at aspect of the weather at 4 OC1 P.M. Wind at 4 O’Clock P.M. cloudy after snow & rain N W cloudy after fair N. E. the snow fell about half an inch, but the rain which succeded soon melted it at 9 A. M. the sun shone. the rain which feel in the latter part of the night freized and formed a slight incrustation on the snow which fell some days past, and also on the boughs of the trees &c. yesterday it continued fair until 11 A. M. when the wind vered about to S. W. and the horizon was immediately overcast with clouds, which uniformly takes place when the wind is from that point.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of ye Month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.
Fort Clatsop is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is managed by the Lewis and Clark National and State Historic Parks.
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 “Day of ye Month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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