horse meat

Food · mentioned in 13 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
1 mention via 1 variant: meat (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Lost and Starving in the Bitterroot Mountains
Sep 16, 1805 · Lolo Trail, Bitterroot Mountains, Idaho
"pack horses slaughtered for food"
John Ordway: September 20, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 20, 1805 · Western slope of Bitterroot Mountains near Weippe Prairie, Idaho
"left by Clark for starving party"
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — Patrick Gass: September 24, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 24, 1805 · Nez Perce villages on Clearwater
"last of it eaten this evening"
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: October 1, 1805
Patrick Gass · Oct 1, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"killed a horse for subsistence"
Clark: October 2, 1805
William Clark · Oct 2, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"killed horse to feed sick men"
Clark: May 6, 1806
William Clark · May 6, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"young horse killed and butchered"
Lewis: May 6, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 6, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"butchered young horse for meal"
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — John Ordway: May 10, 1806
John Ordway · May 10, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"killed one of two horses to eat"
Lewis: May 12, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 12, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"fat horse given to kill for party"
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 16, 1806
John Ordway · May 16, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"ate two unruly stud horses"
Lewis: May 27, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 27, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"killed and butchered"
Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 16, 1806
John Ordway · Jun 16, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"horse killed for party to eat"
Patrick Gass: October 9, 1806
Patrick Gass · Oct 9, 1806
"killed horse to eat"

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