whale

Animal · mentioned in 27 journal entries

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Clark: November 19, 1805
William Clark · Nov 19, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"back bone found on coast" — transcribed as Whale
Patrick Gass: December 25, 1805
Patrick Gass · Dec 25, 1805 · Fort Clatsop, OR (near modern Astoria, OR)
"large fish driven upon shore"
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 26, 1805
Patrick Gass · Dec 26, 1805 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"large fish driven upon shore"
Clark: December 29, 1805
William Clark · Dec 29, 1805 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"foundered on coast, source of oil"
Clark: January 3, 1806
William Clark · Jan 3, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"recently perished near Callamox village" — transcribed as Whale
Lewis: January 3, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 3, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"recently perished near Callamucks village"
Clark: January 5, 1806
William Clark · Jan 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"perished on coast, source of blubber"
Lewis: January 5, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"perished on coast SE of camp"
Sacagawea Insists on Seeing the Whale
Jan 6, 1806 · Ecola Creek, Tillamook Head, Oregon
"beached, 105 feet long skeleton"
Clark: January 7, 1806
William Clark · Jan 7, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"source of blubber and oil" — transcribed as Whale
Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — Patrick Gass: January 7, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jan 7, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"skeleton 105 feet long, head 12"
Clark: January 8, 1806
William Clark · Jan 8, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"105 foot skeleton on beach"
Clark: January 9, 1806
William Clark · Jan 9, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"source of blubber and oil"
Lewis: January 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"105-foot skeleton on coast, pillaged"
Clark: January 11, 1806
William Clark · Jan 11, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"blubber and oil traded among tribes"
Lewis: January 11, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 11, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"source of blubber and oil traded"
Clark: January 25, 1806
William Clark · Jan 25, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"purchased from natives for subsistence"
Lewis: January 25, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 25, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"subsisted on whale procured from natives"
Clark: January 29, 1806
William Clark · Jan 29, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"blubber exhausted; depicted on hats"
Lewis: January 29, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 29, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"whale blubber now exhausted"
Lewis: January 30, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 30, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"depicted on woven hats" — transcribed as whales
Clark: February 16, 1806
William Clark · Feb 16, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"remains fed on by vulture"
Lewis: February 17, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 17, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"buzzards feed on remains"
Clark: March 12, 1806
William Clark · Mar 12, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"harpooned by Indians, washed on rocks" — transcribed as Whale
Lewis: March 12, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 12, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"harpooned or stranded, blubber eaten" — transcribed as Whale
Clark: March 14, 1806
William Clark · Mar 14, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"bone and oil traded by vessels"
La Charette - first settlement, citizens cheer — Patrick Gass: September 20, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 20, 1806 · La Charette - first settlement, citizens cheer
"skeleton of" — transcribed as Whale

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