After a frosty morning, the boats are moved twenty miles up the Missouri passing present Forest City, South Dakota. Four pronghorns swimming the river are killed, processed, and eaten. At camp, Clark issues each man a glass of whiskey.
Frost in the Morning
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
Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana
Specimen from the Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument Visitor Center, Bureau of Land Management. Photo © 2015 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Sweet Good Meat
at 11 oClock we Saw a flock of Goats [pronghorns] Swimming the River towards the South Shore. one of our hunters ran up the Shore & killed 4 of them we took them on board the Boat & pearogues . . . . dressed & took care of our Goat meat as we had no other fresh meat on hand. found it to be verry Sweet Good meat.
—John Ordway
Refreshing Camp
we Came too and Camped on a mud bar makeing from the L. S. The evening is Calm and pleasant, refreshed the men with a glass of whiskey—
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermot. at rise
Weather Wind at thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC P.M. 36 fair N W. 54 fair N. W. slight white frost last night— brant & geese passing to South
—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.
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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