white or brown bear
Animal · mentioned in 3 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
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Post-expedition
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AI-extracted reference. Each entry below was identified by AI as mentioning white or brown bear. Spelling variants may not be merged. see related variants →
Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
7
mentions via 2
variants:
bear (5) · brown bear (2)
Lewis: May 8, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 8, 1805 · Missouri River near Porcupine River
"feeds on white apple root"
— transcribed as White or brown bear
Missouri River Breaks area — Joseph Whitehouse: May 13, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · May 13, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"wounded by one of the hunters"
Lewis: June 14, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 14, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"charged Lewis on plain"