Skins

Trade good · mentioned in 26 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):
5 mentions via 5 variants: skins (1) · silver fox skins (1) · sewellel skins (1) · beaver skins (1) · cabri skins (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Joseph Whitehouse: May 25, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · May 25, 1804 · St. Johns (La Charette), Missouri — near modern Marthasville, MO
"boat loaded with skins from trading"
Lewis: September 16, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Sep 16, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"buffalo skins to cover perogue" — transcribed as skins
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — Patrick Gass: October 15, 1804
Patrick Gass · Oct 15, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"carried in buffalo-skin canoes" — transcribed as skins
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — John Ordway: October 17, 1804
John Ordway · Oct 17, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"taken care of with meat"
Clark: October 18, 1804
William Clark · Oct 18, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"part stolen from French trappers"
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 22, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 22, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"loaded on dogs between camps" — transcribed as skins
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: April 1, 1805
Patrick Gass · Apr 1, 1805 · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure
"animal skins procured to send to St. Louis" — transcribed as skins
Clark: May 18, 1805
William Clark · May 18, 1805 · Missouri River Breaks area
"deer skins tolerable good, in demand"
Clark: June 18, 1805
William Clark · Jun 18, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"beaver and elk killed for skins" — transcribed as skins
Lewis: June 18, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 18, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"needed for iron boat covering" — transcribed as skins
Lewis: June 25, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 25, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"elk skins brought back" — transcribed as skins
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 9, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jul 9, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"covered the Experiment, leaked water" — transcribed as skins
Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole — Patrick Gass: September 8, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 8, 1805 · Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole
"abundant among the Indians" — transcribed as skins
Clark: November 1, 1805
William Clark · Nov 1, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"traded upriver for beads" — transcribed as skins
Clark: November 27, 1805
William Clark · Nov 27, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"offered for sale by Indians"
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 7, 1805
Patrick Gass · Dec 7, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"four brought back by the six men" — transcribed as skins
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 13, 1805
John Ordway · Dec 13, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"bought from natives as curiosity"
Lewis: February 21, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 21, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"tyger cat skins used by natives" — transcribed as skins
Lewis: March 5, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"purchased from Clatsops" — transcribed as skins
Clark: March 14, 1806
William Clark · Mar 14, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"various description traded by vessels"
Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 19, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jul 19, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"being dressed by the men" — transcribed as skins
Clark: July 23, 1806
William Clark · Jul 23, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"to be exchanged at trading house" — transcribed as skins
Clark: August 8, 1806
William Clark · Aug 8, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"only resort to trade with Mandans"
Clark: August 15, 1806
William Clark · Aug 15, 1806 · Down Missouri, approaching Mandan villages
"men traded for robes"
Clark: September 25, 1806
William Clark · Sep 25, 1806 · St. Louis - expedition complete
"sunned and stored in storeroom"
Patrick Gass: November 28, 1806
Patrick Gass · Nov 28, 1806 · Mouth of White Earth River, North Dakota
"being worked on until afternoon" — transcribed as skins

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