arrows

Weapon · mentioned in 35 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: arrows (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching weapon records:
Plains Indian Bow and Arrows
Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD — John Ordway: September 26, 1804
John Ordway · Sep 26, 1804 · Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD
"drawn from quivers by warriors"
Clark: September 27, 1804
William Clark · Sep 27, 1804 · Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD
"run through flesh as mourning"
Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD — Patrick Gass: September 28, 1804
Patrick Gass · Sep 28, 1804 · Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD
"footnote, shot into rock chasm"
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — John Ordway: October 16, 1804
John Ordway · Oct 16, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"sticking up in floating goats"
Clark: October 16, 1804
William Clark · Oct 16, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"used by Indians on banks to shoot goats"
Building Fort Mandan — John Ordway: November 1, 1804
John Ordway · Nov 1, 1804 · Building Fort Mandan
"barbed with iron in footnote"
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 28, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 28, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"shot into rock chasm by Sieux"
Clark: November 30, 1804
William Clark · Nov 30, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"used to wound two Mandans"
Clark: December 7, 1804
William Clark · Dec 7, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"used by Indians to kill buffalo on horseback"
Clark: December 8, 1804
William Clark · Dec 8, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"Indians shot buffalo on horseback"
Lewis: August 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 13, 1805 · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
"Shoshone warriors armed with" — transcribed as arrow
Lewis: August 14, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 14, 1805 · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
"used to kill antelope"
Lewis: August 23, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 23, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"slender, similar to other nations'"
Clark: September 27, 1805
William Clark · Sep 27, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"guide making flint points for them"
Clark: October 17, 1805
William Clark · Oct 17, 1805 · Columbia River near Wallula Gap
"large quivers with flint spikes"
Clark: October 22, 1805
William Clark · Oct 22, 1805 · Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
"feared less than theft from natives"
Clark: October 24, 1805
William Clark · Oct 24, 1805 · Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
"small openings for discharging at enemies"
Clark: October 29, 1805
William Clark · Oct 29, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"hunting game with bow"
Clark: January 8, 1806
William Clark · Jan 8, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"Killamox killed few elk with"
Lewis: January 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"two-part construction to float"
Clark: January 29, 1806
William Clark · Jan 29, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"made using their knives"
Lewis: January 30, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 30, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"made using their daggers"
Clark: February 22, 1806
William Clark · Feb 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"used on horseback to shoot antelope"
Lewis: February 22, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"used to shoot antelope"
Clark: April 18, 1806
William Clark · Apr 18, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"won by Skillutes in game"
Clark: May 7, 1806
William Clark · May 7, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"decoys lure deer within arrowshot" — transcribed as arrow
Clark: May 13, 1806
William Clark · May 13, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"shot at willow bark targets"
Lewis: May 13, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 13, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"shot at willow bark target"
Clark: May 15, 1806
William Clark · May 15, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"used to kill deer and goats"
Clark: May 16, 1806
William Clark · May 16, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"natives kill bears with arrows" — transcribed as Arrows
Lewis: May 16, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 16, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"used on horseback to shoot bears"
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 22, 1806
John Ordway · May 22, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"Indians wounded deer with them"
Lewis: July 1, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 1, 1806 · Travelers' Rest - party splits: Lewis north, Clark south
"Indians kill mountain sheep with"
Clark: September 1, 1806
William Clark · Sep 1, 1806 · Missouri River through Dakota territory
"in quivers"
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"prairie of arrows reference"

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