prarie dog

Animal · mentioned in 6 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):
3 mentions via 1 variant: dog (3)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
John Ordway: September 7, 1804
John Ordway · Sep 7, 1804 · Near Chamberlain area, South Dakota (Missouri River)
"killed, cooked, described in detail"
Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain — John Ordway: September 8, 1804
John Ordway · Sep 8, 1804 · Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain
"one caught by Drewyer"
Clark: September 9, 1804
William Clark · Sep 9, 1804 · Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain
"Clark hoped to kill in evening" — transcribed as Prarie Dogs
Clark: September 11, 1804
William Clark · Sep 11, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"several villages seen on shore" — transcribed as Prarie dogs
Clark: April 9, 1805
William Clark · Apr 9, 1805 · Departure from Fort Mandan, Missouri River
"resembled by smaller burrowing animal" — transcribed as Prarie dog
Clark: June 4, 1805
William Clark · Jun 4, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"emence number on the plain" — transcribed as Prarie dogs

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