Lewis: September 5, 1804
On this day, the expedition spotted wild antelopes on a hill above the Glauber Salts Springs, but the animals fled before they could be observed clearly, leaving only tracks larger and blunter than a deer's. One of the hunters brought in a non-poisonous snake measuring four feet six inches, notable for its loud hiss. Lewis described it in detail: yellow-white background with rhomboidal black spots, lighter belly, dark black eyes, a sharp spur-like tail tip, and 221 belly scuta plus 51 tail scuta.
Sept 5th saw some wild goats or antelopes on the hill above the Glauber
Salts Springs they ran off we could not discover them sufficiently
distinctly to discribe even their colour their track is as large as a deer
reather broader & more blont at the point
This day one of our hunters brought us a Serpent beautifully variagated
with small black spotts of a romboydal form on a light yellow white ground
the black pedominates most on the back the whiteis yellow on the sides,
and it is nearly white on the belly with a few party couloured scuta on
which the black shews but imperfectly and the colouring matter seems to be
underneath the Scutait is not poisonous it hisses remarkably loud;
it has 221 Scuta on the belly and 51 on the tale, the eyes are of a dark
black colour the tale terminates in a sharp point like the substance of a
cock’s spurLength 4 Ft. 6 I.
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Sept. 5th — Saw some wild goats or antelopes on the hill above the Glauber Salts Springs. They ran off, and we could not see them clearly enough to describe even their color. Their track is as large as a deer's, rather broader and more blunt at the point.
This day one of our hunters brought us a serpent beautifully variegated with small black spots of a rhomboidal form on a light yellowish-white ground. The black predominates most on the back, the white is yellow on the sides, and it is nearly white on the belly, with a few parti-colored scuta on which the black shows but imperfectly, and the coloring matter seems to be underneath the scuta. It is not poisonous. It hisses remarkably loud. It has 221 scuta on the belly and 51 on the tail. The eyes are of a dark black color. The tail terminates in a sharp point like the substance of a cock's spur. Length: 4 ft. 6 in.
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