Blue beads

Trade good · mentioned in 8 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
1 mention via 1 variant: beads (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 21, 1805
Patrick Gass · Nov 21, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"demanded by native for robe" — transcribed as blue beads
Clark: November 23, 1805
William Clark · Nov 23, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"demanded by Indians for skins"
Clark: December 10, 1805
William Clark · Dec 10, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"color Indians prized"
Lewis: January 17, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 17, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"favorite merchandise, called tia Commashuck" — transcribed as blue beads
Clark: January 19, 1806
William Clark · Jan 19, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"6 fathoms given for otter skin" — transcribed as blue beads
Lewis: January 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 19, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"6 fathoms exchanged for otter skin" — transcribed as blue beads
Lewis: May 13, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 13, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"compared to gold or silver" — transcribed as blue beads
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"traded for sea otter skins" — transcribed as blue beads

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