cedar

Plant · mentioned in 45 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
5 mentions via 1 variant: cedar (5)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) Western red cedar; western arbor vitae (Thuja plicata)
Missouri River near Vermillion area — Patrick Gass: August 22, 1804
Patrick Gass · Aug 22, 1804 · Missouri River near Vermillion area
"cedar bluffs of various colours"
Missouri River near Vermillion area — Patrick Gass: August 24, 1804
Patrick Gass · Aug 24, 1804 · Missouri River near Vermillion area
"bluffs of cedar on north side"
Clark: September 16, 1804
William Clark · Sep 16, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"great proportion on island" — transcribed as Cedar
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 21, 1804
Patrick Gass · Sep 21, 1804 · Missouri River near Big Bend
"cedar bottom on the south side"
Clark: September 22, 1804
William Clark · Sep 22, 1804 · Missouri River near Big Bend
"island covered with, fort built of" — transcribed as Cedar
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 22, 1804
Patrick Gass · Sep 22, 1804 · Missouri River near Big Bend
"fort built of cedar"
Clark: October 1, 1804
William Clark · Oct 1, 1804 · Missouri River near Cheyenne River
"greater proportion in mountain country" — transcribed as Cedar
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 21, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 21, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"cedar bottom on the south side"
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 22, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 22, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"fort built of cedar wood"
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: February 2, 1805
Patrick Gass · Feb 2, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"covering hills on North side"
Clark: May 12, 1805
William Clark · May 12, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"small, scattered on hillsides and hollows" — transcribed as Cedar
Lewis: May 12, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 12, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"on hills and ravines both sides"
Missouri River Breaks area — Patrick Gass: May 12, 1805
Patrick Gass · May 12, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"covering hills on north side"
Lewis: May 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 13, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"scant proportion on Stard. hills"
Lewis: May 16, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 16, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"scattering on steep declivities of hills"
Clark: May 17, 1805
William Clark · May 17, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"scattered in hills" — transcribed as Cedar
Clark: May 20, 1805
William Clark · May 20, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"scattered on hills of Lard side" — transcribed as Cedar
Clark: May 21, 1805
William Clark · May 21, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"scattering on hills south of Missouri" — transcribed as Cedar
Clark: May 31, 1805
William Clark · May 31, 1805 · Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains
"few on the cliffs" — transcribed as Cedar
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 25, 1805
John Ordway · Jun 25, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"growing on mountainsides"
Lewis: July 16, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 16, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"scattered on granite mountains"
Lewis: July 19, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 19, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"grow on mountains"
Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Patrick Gass: July 19, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jul 19, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"growing on the mountains"
Clark: July 21, 1805
William Clark · Jul 21, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"covering mountain hills" — transcribed as Cedar
Clark: July 23, 1805
William Clark · Jul 23, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"scattered on mountains with pine" — transcribed as Cedar
Lewis: July 23, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 23, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"on mountains" — transcribed as Cedar
Lewis: July 26, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 26, 1805 · Three Forks of the Missouri
"Indian bow made of it"
Three Forks of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: July 26, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jul 26, 1805 · Three Forks of the Missouri
"some trees on the shores"
Lewis: August 1, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 1, 1805 · Jefferson River ascending toward divide
"large trees on mountains"
Clark: August 3, 1805
William Clark · Aug 3, 1805 · Jefferson River ascending toward divide
"on lower region of right mountains"
Clark: August 16, 1805
William Clark · Aug 16, 1805 · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
"few small cedar on hills" — transcribed as Cedar
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — Patrick Gass: September 23, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 23, 1805 · Nez Perce villages on Clearwater
"beautiful tall cedars among spruce pine" — transcribed as cedars
Clark: October 30, 1805
William Clark · Oct 30, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"timber on mountains" — transcribed as Cedar
Clark: October 31, 1805
William Clark · Oct 31, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"wood used for burial vaults" — transcribed as Cedar
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 5, 1805
Patrick Gass · Nov 5, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"bark used for Indian lodges"
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 24, 1805
Patrick Gass · Dec 24, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"bark covering upper part of lodges"
Lewis: January 18, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 18, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"bark used as cordage in house construction"
Lewis: January 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 19, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"bark used to weave hats" — transcribed as Cedar
Clark: January 29, 1806
William Clark · Jan 29, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"bark used to make conic hats" — transcribed as Cedar
Lewis: January 30, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 30, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"bark used to make hats"
Clark: February 5, 1806
William Clark · Feb 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"compared to spruce stem termination" — transcribed as Cedar
Lewis: February 5, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"comparison for slender pointed top"
Clark: July 17, 1806
William Clark · Jul 17, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"covering sides of high lands" — transcribed as Cedar
Clark: August 1, 1806
William Clark · Aug 1, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"on sides of rugid hills"
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"index reference"

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