tomahawk

Weapon · mentioned in 28 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 tomahawk. Spelling variants may not be merged. see related variants →
Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
1 mention via 1 variant: tomahawk (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching weapon records:
Native Tomahawks (Traditional and Trade) Tomahawk (Trade and Military)
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 25, 1805
John Ordway · Jun 25, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"lost by Clark"
Clark: June 29, 1805
William Clark · Jun 29, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"lost in the torrent" — transcribed as Tomahawk
Lewis: June 29, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 29, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"Sharbono lost in the flood"
Clark: August 11, 1805
William Clark · Aug 11, 1805 · Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon
"used to kill several otter" — transcribed as Tomahawk
Clark: August 21, 1805
William Clark · Aug 21, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"found in grass, possibly stolen"
Clark: November 4, 1805
William Clark · Nov 4, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"Clark's pipe tomahawk stolen by Indians"
Clark: February 10, 1806
William Clark · Feb 10, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"Willard cut his knee with it"
Clark: March 30, 1806
William Clark · Mar 30, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"stolen by Indians on 4th Novr last" — transcribed as Tomahawk
Lewis: March 30, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 30, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"Capt. Clark's stolen by Indians"
Clark: April 9, 1806
William Clark · Apr 9, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"Colter recovered stolen tomahawk from natives" — transcribed as Tomahawk
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 20, 1806
Patrick Gass · Apr 20, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"4 or 5 stolen by Indians" — transcribed as tomahawks
Clark: April 21, 1806
William Clark · Apr 21, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"stolen by natives from party" — transcribed as Tomahawks
Lewis: April 21, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 21, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"stolen by Indians from camp"
Clark: April 22, 1806
William Clark · Apr 22, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"given by Shabono in trade for horse" — transcribed as Tomahawk
Clark: April 24, 1806
William Clark · Apr 24, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"given to Indian for finding horse" — transcribed as Tomahawk
Clark: May 5, 1806
William Clark · May 5, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"Lewis seized to threaten insolent man"
Lewis: May 5, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 5, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"Lewis seized to threaten insolent man"
Clark: June 1, 1806
William Clark · Jun 1, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"two missing, sought by Drewyer" — transcribed as tomahawks
Lewis: June 1, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 1, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"two missing, sought by Drewyer" — transcribed as tomahawks
Clark: June 2, 1806
William Clark · Jun 2, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"recovered by Drewyer with chiefs' help" — transcribed as tomahawks
Lewis: June 2, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 2, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"recovered from Indians, one Floyd's" — transcribed as tomahawks
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: June 5, 1806
John Ordway · Jun 5, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"footnote about Floyd's stolen tomahawk" — transcribed as tomahawks
Clark: June 8, 1806
William Clark · Jun 8, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"given in exchange for a horse"
Lewis: June 8, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 8, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"given to boot in horse exchange"
Clark: June 20, 1806
William Clark · Jun 20, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"to blaize trees along route"
Lewis: June 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 20, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"used to blaze trees along route"
Clark: July 5, 1806
William Clark · Jul 5, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"Shannon left at deer kill site"
Clark: August 12, 1806
William Clark · Aug 12, 1806 · Lewis and Clark reunite at Missouri-Yellowstone confluence
"Shannon lost and recovered" — transcribed as Tomahawk

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