Fort Clatsop, OR A routine has settled in, and they are counting the days when they can return home. Lewis describes three species of pheasants known today as grouse.
Those Pheasants are Grouse[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
Scots Pills
Historical interpretation by John W. Fisher. Photo © 2017 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Damaged Canoes
Two of our perogues have been lately injured very much in consequence of the tide leaving them partially on shore. they split by this means with their own weight. we had them drawn out on shore.
—Meriwether Lewis
Slow Convalescence
our convalessents are slowly on the recovery. Lapage is taken sick, gave him a doze of Scots pills which did not operate.
—Meriwether Lewis
Fort Clatsop Boredom
no movement of the party today worthy of notice. every thing moves on in the old way and we are counting the days which seperate us from the 1st of April and which bind us to fort Clatsop.—
—Meriwether Lewis
Male Spruce Grouse
Canachites canadensis (Falcipennis canadensis)
Lolo Trail, 11 September 2009. © by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Three Species of “Pheasants”
The large black and white pheasant is peculiar to that portion of the Rocky Mountain watered by the Columbia river . . . . The small brown pheasant is an inhabitant of the same country and is of the size and shape of the specled pheasant which it also resembles in it’s economy and habits . . . . the redish brown pheasant has been previously described.—
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
Aspect of the weather at Rise
Wind at Aspect of weather at 4 O’Ck P. M. Wind at 4 OCk. P. M. cloudy after rain S. cloudy after rain S rained and the wind blew hard all night. air perfectly temperate.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of the 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 the Month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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