After a violent storm during the night, the men set out early rowing 20½ miles up the Missouri to the present Soldier Bend Wildlife Area. Sgt. Gass collects a fossil and the captains decide to bring back deserters Moses Reed and La Liberté, dead or alive.
Take the Deserters, Dead or Alive!
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
Storm in the Night
Missouri River Storm
Niobrara/Missouri River confluence. Courtesy U.S. National Park Service.
at 12 oClock last night a Violent Storm of wind & rain from the N. W. one perogue (Bapteest Le Joness [La Jeunesse] Patroon) lost her Colours
—William Clark
Deserters Wanted
we are deturmind to Send back 4 men to take reede [Moses Reed] Dead or alive, also hunt La Liberty [La Liberté] and to meet us at the Mahar nation as Soon as the order is executed.
—William Clark
Also on This Day
The only known surviving fossil specimen from the expedition, a portion of a fish jaw classified as Saurocephalus lanciformis, collected by Patrick Gass on this day, along the Soldier River in present-day Harrison County, Iowa.
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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