Clark Chases some Turkeys
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
Bull Snake
Pituophis catenifer sayi
From a display at the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Interpretive Center, Fort Benton, Montana. Photo © 2015 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Least Tern
I have frequently observed an acquatic bird in the cours of asscending this river but have never been able to procure one before today, this day I was so fortunate as to kill two of them
—Meriwether Lewis
Bull Snake
Killed a serpent on the bank of the river adjoining a large prarie . . . . No pison teeth therefore think him perfectly innocent
—Meriwether Lewis
Lewis’s Measurements F Inch Length from nose to tail 5 2 Circumpherence in largest part— 4½ Number of scuta on belly— 221 Do. on Tale— 53
Astronomical Observations
Delayed a Short time at 12 o.C. for Capt Lewis to take m. observation
—John OrdwayLatitude deduced from this observation 41° 30′ 6.7″
—Meriwether Lewis
Reed Deserts
The man [Moses Reed] who went back after his Knife has not yet come up, we have Some reasons to believe he has Deserted
—William Clark
A Big Bend
The river here is very crooked and winding. To arrive at a point only 370 yards from this place, the passage by water is twelve miles.
—Patrick Gass
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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