pistol

Weapon · mentioned in 5 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
1 mention via 1 variant: pistol (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
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Clark: November 16, 1804
William Clark · Nov 16, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"old Indian wished to trade for one"
Clark: August 29, 1805
William Clark · Aug 29, 1805 · Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots
"traded for a horse" — transcribed as Pistol
Clark: November 4, 1805
William Clark · Nov 4, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"Indians armed with" — transcribed as pistols
Clark: April 29, 1806
William Clark · Apr 29, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"Capt Lewis's, given to chief" — transcribed as Pistol
Clark: August 12, 1806
William Clark · Aug 12, 1806 · Lewis and Clark reunite at Missouri-Yellowstone confluence
"Lewis drew from holster" — transcribed as Pistol

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