provision

Food · mentioned in 28 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
2 mentions via 2 variants: provision (1) · provisions (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Camp Dubois: May 4, 1804
May 4, 1804
"enough to last for months" — transcribed as provisions
Clark: May 15, 1804
William Clark · May 15, 1804 · Camp River Dubois, Illinois
"wet on top of pirogues" — transcribed as Provisions
Clark: May 22, 1804
William Clark · May 22, 1804 · Missouri River near Tavern Cave
"Indians promised to provide for party" — transcribed as Provisions
Clark: June 29, 1804
William Clark · Jun 29, 1804 · Mouth of Kansas River
"managed by daily detailed cook" — transcribed as provisions
Clark: July 8, 1804
William Clark · Jul 8, 1804 · Missouri River near St. Joseph area
"cooks appointed to charge of provisions" — transcribed as Provisions
Lewis: July 8, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 8, 1804 · Missouri River near St. Joseph area
"distributed among messes for consumption" — transcribed as provisions
Clark: July 23, 1804
William Clark · Jul 23, 1804 · Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area
"got wet in french perogue, dried" — transcribed as provisions
Council Bluffs, Iowa (first council site) — John Ordway: August 1, 1804
John Ordway · Aug 1, 1804 · Council Bluffs, Iowa (first council site)
"given to Zottous Indians" — transcribed as provisions
Clark: August 2, 1804
William Clark · Aug 2, 1804 · Council Bluffs, Iowa (first council site)
"given to visiting Indians" — transcribed as Provisions
John Ordway: August 18, 1804
John Ordway · Aug 18, 1804 · Near present-day Homer, NE — Maha (Omaha) country, Reed court-martial site
"given to Indians while present" — transcribed as provisions
Missouri River near Vermillion area — Joseph Whitehouse: August 24, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Aug 24, 1804 · Missouri River near Vermillion area
"given plenty to the Zottoe Indians" — transcribed as Provisions
Clark: August 28, 1804
William Clark · Aug 28, 1804 · Spirit Mound, South Dakota
"sent with man pursuing Shannon" — transcribed as Provisions
Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Joseph Whitehouse: August 29, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Aug 29, 1804 · Spirit Mound, South Dakota
"sent with Colter and to Sioux"
Clark: September 17, 1804
William Clark · Sep 17, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"finished drying, some wet and spoiled" — transcribed as Provisions
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 16, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 16, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"being dried at encampment" — transcribed as provisions
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: March 1, 1805
John Ordway · Mar 1, 1805 · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure
"2 days provisions drawn by work hands" — transcribed as provisions
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: March 7, 1805
John Ordway · Mar 7, 1805 · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure
"perogue men came to fort for" — transcribed as provisions
John Ordway: April 7, 1805
John Ordway · Apr 7, 1805 · Fort Mandan / Mandan villages vicinity, ND
"loaded in perogues" — transcribed as provisions
Clark: April 20, 1805
William Clark · Apr 20, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"got wet, aired out" — transcribed as Provisions
Lewis: June 9, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 9, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"some provisions deposited in cache"
Clark: October 12, 1805
William Clark · Oct 12, 1805 · Snake River rapids, near Lewiston
"every species purchased from Indians" — transcribed as provisions
Clark: March 20, 1806
William Clark · Mar 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"several days on hand for stay" — transcribed as provisions
Lewis: March 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"several days on hand"
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — Patrick Gass: May 10, 1806
Patrick Gass · May 10, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"natives shared their limited stock" — transcribed as provisions
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 21, 1806
John Ordway · Jun 21, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"Indians had provisions for mountain crossing"
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 4, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jul 4, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"supply for guides crossing mountains" — transcribed as provisions
Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 19, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jul 19, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"had plenty all the way" — transcribed as provisions
Missouri River through Dakota territory — Patrick Gass: September 4, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 4, 1806 · Missouri River through Dakota territory
"Aird lost boat load going upriver" — transcribed as provisions

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