short rifles
Weapon · mentioned in 3 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
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mentions via 1
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rifle (3)
Lewis: April 12, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 12, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"men carried them in case of native attack"
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 18, 1806
John Ordway · Jun 18, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"took one to give pilot"
Lewis Accidentally Shot by Cruzatte
Aug 11, 1806 · Near Williston, North Dakota
"Cruzatte's rifle, matched ball found"
— transcribed as short rifle
