prickly pears
Plant · mentioned in 13 journal entries
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Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 25, 1805
Patrick Gass · Feb 25, 1805 · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure
"grow in abundance on plains"
Lewis: June 4, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 4, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"extremely troublesome, thorns pierce moccasins"
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 4, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jun 4, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"abundant in the high plains"
Lewis: July 2, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 2, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"fruit and seed eaten by rats"
— transcribed as prickly pear
Lewis: July 19, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 19, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"thorns pierce dressed deer skin"
— transcribed as prickly pear
Lewis: July 20, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 20, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"so abundant could scarcely find room"
Lewis: July 26, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 26, 1805 · Three Forks of the Missouri
"growing abundantly as usual"
— transcribed as prickly pear
Lewis: August 5, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 5, 1805 · Jefferson River ascending toward divide
"covering dry bottoms and plains"
Lewis: August 10, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 10, 1805 · Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon
"covering the uplands"
Lewis: August 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 13, 1805 · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
"three species, troublesome with barbed thorns"
Lewis: July 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 10, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"two kinds, just in bloom"
— transcribed as prickly pear
Lewis: July 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 19, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"great quantities in the plains"
Clark: July 21, 1806
William Clark · Jul 21, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"great quantity in plains and bottoms"
