ground squirrel

Animal · mentioned in 7 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: squirrel (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)
John Ordway: September 7, 1804
John Ordway · Sep 7, 1804 · Near Chamberlain area, South Dakota (Missouri River)
"compared to prairie dog's tail" — transcribed as Ground Squirrel
Lewis: July 8, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 8, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"living specimen brought, described in detail"
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 8, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jul 8, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"compared to caught small squirrel"
Clark: February 15, 1806
William Clark · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"native wild animal" — transcribed as Ground Squirrel
Lewis: February 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"native wild animal"
Lewis: February 25, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 25, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"found throughout country, same as U.S. species"
Lewis: July 4, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 4, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"new species, skin preserved"

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