airgun
Weapon · mentioned in 3 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
7
mentions via 1
variant:
gun (7)
Lewis: June 9, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 9, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"Lewis's air rifle, main spring broken"
— transcribed as Airgun
John Ordway: August 17, 1805
John Ordway · Aug 17, 1805 · Camp Fortunate / Forks of the Beaverhead (Beaverhead/Horse Prairie Creek confluence), Montana
"Lewis shot it, natives amazed"
Lewis: April 18, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 18, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"Lewis shot it, astonished natives"