Fort Clatsop, Astoria, OR John Collins kills three elk and reports seeing two herds. The captains write of the sick men’s recovery, and Lewis describes the lesser snow goose.
Elk
Jewell Valley Wildlife Refuge, 21 December 2010. © Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Re-appearing Elk[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
The Elk Return
Collins returned early in the morning and informed us that he had killed three Elk about five miles distant on the edge of the prarie in Point Adams. one of them fell in a deep pond of water and could not get it, the other two he butcherd and secured.
—Meriwether Lewis
Fort Clatsop Illnesses
Bratton is much better today, his back gives him but little pain . . . . McNeal and Goodrich having recovered from the Louis veneri I directed them to desist from the uce of mercury
—Meriwether LewisWillard is yet complaining and is low Spirited.
—William Clark
Lesser Snow Geese
Anser caerulescens caerulescens
© 2008 by Walter Siegmund. Permission granted under the GNU Free Documentation license, Version 1.2 or any later license.
Lesser Snow Goose
The white brant is very common in this country particularly below tidewater where they remain in vast quantities during the winter. they feed like the swan gees &c on the grass roots and seeds which they find in the marshes.
—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. hail & rain after hail, rain, & snow S. rain after rain & hail S E the ground covered with hail and snow this morning, air cool but not freizing.—
—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.
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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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