Strong winds force the expedition to remain at their current camp near present-day Chamois, Missouri. Traders heading down the river report that the Osage People do not believe that their homeland is now part of the United States. Hunters catch several woodrats, and Lewis botanizes.
Bearskins and Pelts
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
Bateau on the St. James River
By Alison Phillips who has released it to the Public Domain.
The James River bateaus were used to transport tobacco and other cargo between 1775 and 1840 on that river and its tributaries.[2]“James River bateau,” Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_River_bateau accessed 3 January 2023. Clark’s “Cajaux” was the Cajeu (plural cajeux), the French-Canadian term for a raft[3]John Francis McDermott, A Glossary of Mississippi Valley French, 1673–1850 (St. Louis: Washington University, 1941), 41. and similar to the French radeau.
Laying By
rained the greater part of last night, the wind from the West raised and blew with great force untile 5 oClock p. m. which obliged us to lay by
—William Clark
Osage Disbelief
a Cajaux of Bear Skins and pelteries came down from the Grand Osarge [Osage], one french man one Indian, and a Squar, they had letters from the man Mr. Choteau Sent to that part of the Osarge Nation Settled on Arkansa River mentioning that his letter was Commited to the flaims, the Inds. not believeing that the Americans had possession of the Countrey they disregard’ed St Louis & their Supplies &c.—
—William Clark
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
John James Audubon, John Woodhouse Audubon, and John Bachman, The quadrupeds of North America. v.1. New York,V.G. Audubon, 1851-54. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108513.
Eastern Wood Rats
Several rats of Considerable Side was Cought in the woods to day — Capt Lewis went out to the woods & found many curious Plants & Srubs
—William Clark
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 | “James River bateau,” Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_River_bateau accessed 3 January 2023. |
| ↑3 | John Francis McDermott, A Glossary of Mississippi Valley French, 1673–1850 (St. Louis: Washington University, 1941), 41. |
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
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