bows and arrows

Weapon · mentioned in 12 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
AI-extracted reference. Each entry below was identified by AI as mentioning bows and arrows. Spelling variants may not be merged. see related variants →
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
Joseph Whitehouse: August 30, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Aug 30, 1804 · Calumet Bluff, Nebraska
"Indian boys shot for beads" — transcribed as Bows and arrows
Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain — Joseph Whitehouse: September 8, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Sep 8, 1804 · Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain
"warriors ready for war"
Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD — Joseph Whitehouse: September 28, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Sep 28, 1804 · Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD
"warriors ready for war"
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 7, 1804
Patrick Gass · Dec 7, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"Indians shot buffalo with them"
Lewis: April 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"used by savages against bear"
Lewis: September 10, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Sep 10, 1805 · Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
"Indians prepared for battle with them"
Clark: November 4, 1805
William Clark · Nov 4, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"Indians armed, sprung with quivers"
Clark: February 2, 1806
William Clark · Feb 2, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"amusement of boys of all nations" — transcribed as Bows and arrows
Lewis: February 2, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 2, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"boys amuse themselves with them"
Clark: May 15, 1806
William Clark · May 15, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"used by Indians to kill deer" — transcribed as Bows and arrows
Lewis: May 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 15, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"natives armed for hunting deer"
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: May 15, 1806
Patrick Gass · May 15, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"common Indian arms from Mandans to Pacific"

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