rat

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):
10 mentions via 6 variants: rat (3) · rattlesnake (3) · muskrat (1) · house-rat (1) · rats (1) · wood-rat (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) Northern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus) Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
Clark: May 31, 1804
William Clark · May 31, 1804 · Missouri River near Gasconade River
"considerable size caught in woods" — transcribed as rats
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 25, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Jun 25, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"large curious rat with hair on tail"
Clark: July 2, 1805
William Clark · Jul 2, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"caught in stores, had done mischief"
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"
Clark: February 24, 1806
William Clark · Feb 24, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"comparison for squirrel habitation"
Lewis: February 25, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 25, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"compared to small brown squirrel's habitat"
Clark: February 26, 1806
William Clark · Feb 26, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"described from Rockies and Missouri" — transcribed as Rat
Lewis: February 27, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 27, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"discussed multiple species and habitats"

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