Sheep

Animal · mentioned in 21 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
3 mentions via 3 variants: sheep (1) · Rocky Mountain sheep (1) · Barbary sheep (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)
Clark: September 14, 1804
William Clark · Sep 14, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"goat's eyes compared to sheep"
Clark: September 17, 1804
William Clark · Sep 17, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"deer jumps like goat or sheep"
Clark: December 24, 1804
William Clark · Dec 24, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"sheep skin used as fillets"
Clark: May 13, 1805
William Clark · May 13, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"comparison for white wolf" — transcribed as sheep
Clark: May 25, 1805
William Clark · May 25, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"compared to bighorn legs and head"
Lewis: May 25, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 25, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"compared eye, legs, hoofs to bighorn" — transcribed as sheep
Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains — Patrick Gass: May 27, 1805
Patrick Gass · May 27, 1805 · Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains
"compared to Mufflon" — transcribed as sheep
Clark: August 21, 1805
William Clark · Aug 21, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"robe skins worn by Indians"
Lewis: August 24, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 24, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"white mountain animal with lunated horns described" — transcribed as sheep
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 29, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 29, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"kind with wool, besides Ibex/mountain sheep" — transcribed as sheep
Clark: December 27, 1805
William Clark · Dec 27, 1805 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"sheepskin cap given to chief"
Clark: January 10, 1806
William Clark · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"wool used for blankets"
Clark: February 15, 1806
William Clark · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"native wild animal"
Lewis: February 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"native wild animal" — transcribed as sheep
Clark: February 22, 1806
William Clark · Feb 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"found in Rocky Mountains, source of wool blankets"
Lewis: February 22, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"mountain sheep described from skins" — transcribed as sheep
Clark: April 10, 1806
William Clark · Apr 10, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"young sheep skin offered for sale"
Lewis: April 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 10, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"mountain sheep skin and horn cap obtained" — transcribed as sheep
Clark: April 12, 1806
William Clark · Apr 12, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"skin robe purchased from woman"
Lewis: April 12, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 12, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"sheepskin purchased from native hunter" — transcribed as sheep
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"unknown variety mentioned" — transcribed as sheep

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