buffalo

Animal · mentioned in 9 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
14 mentions via 1 variant: buffalo (14)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
American Bison (Bison bison) Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) Silver buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea)
Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD — John Ordway: September 27, 1804
John Ordway · Sep 27, 1804 · Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD
"hides used for lodge coverings" — transcribed as Buffalo
Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 7, 1805
John Ordway · Jan 7, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"one killed by hunters"
Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 9, 1805
John Ordway · Jan 9, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"hunted by natives, meat brought back" — transcribed as Buffalo
Lewis: May 9, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 9, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"killed and eaten, very gentle"
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 29, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 29, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"none in this country, hunted on Missouri"
Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — John Ordway: January 8, 1806
John Ordway · Jan 8, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"reference to buffalo country left behind"
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — John Ordway: July 29, 1806
John Ordway · Jul 29, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"large gangs seen"
Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day — John Ordway: August 27, 1806
John Ordway · Aug 27, 1806 · Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day
"killed 4 from large gang"
Patrick Gass: November 9, 1806
Patrick Gass · Nov 9, 1806
"five killed, in large droves"

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