cock of the Plains

Animal · mentioned in 4 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):
1 mention via 1 variant: cock of the plains (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Lewis: August 20, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 20, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"killed by Capt. Clark" — transcribed as cock of the plains
Lewis: August 25, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 25, 1805 · Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots
"many seen in cove" — transcribed as cock of the plains
Clark: March 2, 1806
William Clark · Mar 2, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"described in detail by Clark"
Lewis: March 2, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 2, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"described in detail, plains bird" — transcribed as Cock of the Plains

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