Meriwether Lewis
Person · mentioned in 32 journal entries · view full profile →
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
Return
Post-expedition
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
10
mentions via 4
variants:
Lewis (4) · Meriwether Lewis (4) · Meriwether Lewis Clark 1st (1) · Meriwether Lewis Clark 2nd (1)
Lewis Purchases Seaman the Newfoundland Dog
Aug 21, 1803 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"purchased Newfoundland dog while in Pittsburgh"
Lewis Departs Pittsburgh on the Ohio River
Aug 31, 1803
"departed Pittsburgh with keelboat and crew"
Setting Out from Camp River Dubois
May 14, 1804 · Camp River Dubois, Illinois
"in St. Louis completing final preparations"
Lewis: May 26, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · May 26, 1804 · Missouri River near Gasconade River
"Captain, signed orders"
Lewis: July 15, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 15, 1804 · Missouri River near Platte River mouth
"author noting chronometer stoppage"
Lewis: August 26, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 26, 1804 · Spirit Mound, South Dakota
"Captain, 1st U.S. Regt Infty, signing orders"
Lewis: September 17, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Sep 17, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"author, hunting and exploring on shore"
Clark: October 8, 1804
William Clark · Oct 8, 1804 · Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge
"Captain 1st U.S. Regt. Infty"
Clark: October 13, 1804
William Clark · Oct 13, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"Capt. 1st U S Regt Infty"
Lewis: January 26, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 26, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"author of the entry"
Lewis: April 28, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 28, 1805 · Yellowstone-Missouri confluence
"proceeded with the party by boat"
Lewis: May 5, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 5, 1805 · Missouri River near Porcupine River
"author, walked on shore, killed deer"
Lewis: May 25, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 25, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"author of journal entry"
Lewis: June 6, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 6, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"author, leading scouting party"
Lewis: June 8, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 8, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"author, named Maria's River"
Lewis: June 11, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 11, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"author, ill with intestinal pain"
Lewis: June 16, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 16, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"author treating the Indian woman"
Lewis: August 2, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 2, 1805 · Jefferson River ascending toward divide
"author, leading party up river"
Lewis: August 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 13, 1805 · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
"author, leading advance party to Shoshone"
Lewis: August 20, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 20, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"author, directing camp operations"
Lewis: August 23, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 23, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"author of the journal entry"
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — John Ordway: September 30, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 30, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"captain directing the expedition"
Lewis: January 1, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 1, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"author, signed orderly book"
Lewis: January 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"author, received chief at fort"
Lewis: January 13, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 13, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"author leading meat retrieval party"
Lewis: January 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"author of the journal entry"
Lewis: March 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 10, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"author of the journal entry"
Lewis: April 8, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 8, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"author of journal entry"
Lewis: June 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 19, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"author of the journal entry"
Lewis: July 6, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 6, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"author of the journal entry"
Lewis: July 21, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 21, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"author leading party up Marias River"
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"index references throughout journal"
— transcribed as Captain Meriwether Lewis
