Journal Entry

Lewis: October 20, 1804

October 20, 1804
Meriwether Lewis Missouri River approaching Cannonball River

20th October Peter Crusat this day shot at a white bear he wounded him,
but being alarmed at the formidable appearance of the bear he left his
tomahalk and gun; but shortly after returned and found that the bear had
taken the oposite rout.soon after he shot a buffaloe cow broke her
thy, the cow pursued him he concealed himself in a small raviene.-

Entities mentioned in this entry

Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.

Nearest 360° imagery: Lake Sakakawea to Lake Oahe Terrain360’s closest capture is about 16 miles from this entry’s tagged location.
Open the 360° tour ↗

Help improve this record

See something that needs correcting, or know a source we are missing? The archive gets better through its readers.

Send a correction

Our Partners

Follow the research

New findings, additions, and corrections from the archive. One email a month, no noise.