Historical Figure
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and politician who served as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, from 1804 to 1806. Appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as the expedition's commanding officer, Lewis was responsible for the scientific, diplomatic, and military objectives of the journey across the newly acquired Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean. A skilled naturalist and keen observer, Lewis documented hundreds of plant and animal species previously unknown to Western science, maintained detailed journals of the expedition's encounters with Native American nations, and navigated the Corps through thousands of miles of uncharted wilderness. Before the expedition, Lewis served as Jefferson's private secretary at the White House, where the two planned the venture in detail. After returning as a national hero, Lewis was appointed Governor of Upper Louisiana Territory in 1807. He died under mysterious circumstances at Grinder's Stand, Tennessee, on October 11, 1809, at the age of 35 — his death remains one of American history's enduring mysteries, debated as either suicide or murder.
Portrait: Charles Willson Peale, 1807
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1249 total items
1049 mapped locations
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Planning (1801–1804)
Westward (1804–1805)
Fort Clatsop (1805–1806)
Return (1806)
Post (1806–1812)
Master expedition route
Note: the longest gap between tagged appearances is about 5 months (Dec 12, 1803 → May 14, 1804). Meriwether Lewis may have been present in the corps during that span but is not named in the journals.
Art (32)
Lewis and Clark Memorial Column
Otto Schumann, 1908
Bronze sculpture, Snake River granite base
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Charles Keck, 1919
Bronze sculpture, Snake River granite base
The Captain’s Return
Harry Weber, 2006
bronze sculpture
Corps of Discovery
Eugene Daub, 2000
bronze and granite sculpture
Lewis and Clark Monument
Pat Kennedy, 1994
Bronze sculpture
Lewis and Clark with Sacajawea at the Great Falls of Missouri
Olaf Seltzer, 1927
oil on canvas
Prairie Moonrise
Charles Fritz, 1999
Oil on Canvas
We Proceeded On
Charles Fritz, 2004
oil on canvas
Lewis and Clark at the Three forks
Edgar S. Paxson, 1912
oil on canvas
Historic Homecoming. Sacajawea, the Bird Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, finds her Shoshone people on Horse Prairie Creek, Montana
William Henry Jackson, 1940
watercolor on paper
Allegorical Scene of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Leon Cogniet, 1850-1870
oil on canvas
Lewis and Clark at Travelers Rest
Edgar S. Paxson, 1903
oil on canvas
Lewis and Clark Reach Shoshone Camp Led by Sacajawea the “Bird Woman”
Charles M. Russell, 1918
oil on canvas
Lewis and Clark at Eagle Creek
Thomas Hart Benton, 1967
Polymer and tempera on Masonite panel
Floyd’s Grave, Where Lewis and Clark Buried Sergeant Floyd in 1804
George Catlin, 1832
oil on canvas
Sacajawea Guiding the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Alfred Russell, 1914
Oil on canvas
The Lewis and Clark Expedition at Eagle Creek
Thomas Mickell Burnham, c. 1850
Oil on canvas
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
Emanuel Leutze, 1862
Oil on canvas, 33 × 43 feet (mural)
Night Bivouac of the Corps of Discovery
Charles Fritz, c. 2002
Oil on canvas
Meriwether Lewis in Shoshone Dress
Charles de Saint-Mémin, 1807
Watercolor on paper
Lewis and Clark Meeting the Mandan Indians
Charles Marion Russell, c. 1897
Watercolor on paper
The Departure from Fort Clatsop
John Ford Clymer, c. 1975
Oil on canvas
Hallowed Ground
Michael Haynes, c. 2004
Oil on canvas
The Keelboat on the Missouri
Michael Haynes, c. 2003
Oil on canvas
Map of Lewis and Clark’s Track (1814)
William Clark (cartographer), Samuel Lewis (engraver), 1814
Engraved map
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Thomas Mickell Burnham, c. 1850
Oil on canvas
Indians Discovering Lewis and Clark
Charles Marion Russell, 1896
Oil on canvas
Lewis and Clark at Three Forks (mural detail)
Edgar Samuel Paxson, 1912
Oil on canvas (detail from mural)
Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia
Charles Marion Russell, 1905
Watercolor on paper
Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flatheads at Ross’ Hole
Charles Marion Russell, 1912
Oil on canvas, 12 × 25 feet
Meriwether Lewis (Profile Portrait)
Charles de Saint-Mémin, c. 1803–1807
Engraving on paper
Meriwether Lewis
Charles Willson Peale, 1807
Oil on wood panel, 25 × 20 inches
Tent of Many Voices (20)
23:54
Mike Lyall on Cowlitz History and Lewis & Clark
28:18
Scott Mandrell and Peyton Bud Clark on the Corps of Discovery Bicentennial Expedition
28:37
Lewis Adams on Salish encounters with Lewis and Clark
47:34
Curly Bear Wagner on Blackfeet History and Lewis & Clark
60:31
Dayton Duncan opens Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration
42:53
Alan Pinkham on Nez Perce perspectives of Lewis and Clark
43:19
Craig How on Rocking the Keelboat: Lakota Perspectives on Lewis and Clark
46:28
Curly Bear Wagner on Blackfeet and Lewis and Clark
46:37
Ken Thomas on Sacagawea and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
49:59
York’s Account of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
4:06
Lewis and Clark Journals and Archives Overview
50:21
Jeff Painter on Clatsop trade, culture, and Lewis & Clark
63:20
Gary Moulton on Lewis and Clark Documentary Evidence
33:16
Ernie Quintana on Corps of Discovery II and Native American perspectives
51:37
Keith Bear: Mandan Culture, Flutes, and Native Identity
30:15
Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs on Listening to Native Voices in Lewis and Clark History
93:28
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration at Monticello
42:03
Tony Incashola on Salish history and culture
9:39
Mark Weekley on Lewis and Clark Trail Reinterpretation
43:36
Germaine White on Salish perspectives of Lewis and Clark
Journal Entries (897)
Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: September 13, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse: September 4, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse: June 22, 1805
Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: May 31, 1805
Missouri River near Big Bend — Joseph Whitehouse: September 19, 1804
Charles Floyd: July 25, 1804
Missouri River near Osage River — Charles Floyd: June 3, 1804
St. Charles, Missouri — Charles Floyd: May 19, 1804
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass: August 11, 1806
Lewis and Clark reunite at Missouri-Yellowstone confluence — Patrick Gass: August 12, 1806
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 7, 1806
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: July 29, 1806
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: July 28, 1806
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — Patrick Gass: May 6, 1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 21, 1806
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 13, 1806
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 10, 1806
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 5, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 8, 1805
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — Patrick Gass: September 23, 1805
Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — Patrick Gass: September 14, 1805
Lost and starving in Bitterroot Mountains — Patrick Gass: September 17, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Patrick Gass: August 24, 1805
Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Patrick Gass: July 31, 1805
Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Patrick Gass: July 16, 1805
Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Patrick Gass: July 17, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 12, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 10, 1805
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 8, 1805
Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge — Patrick Gass: October 9, 1804
Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge — Patrick Gass: October 10, 1804
Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge — Patrick Gass: October 12, 1804
Patrick Gass: September 25, 1804
Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD — Patrick Gass: September 28, 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 20, 1804
Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 17, 1804
Patrick Gass: September 7, 1804
Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain — Patrick Gass: September 8, 1804
Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Patrick Gass: August 26, 1804
Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Patrick Gass: August 25, 1804
Patrick Gass: August 30, 1804
Missouri River near Little Sioux River — Patrick Gass: August 15, 1804
Lewis: Great Falls / Clark: crossing to Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 15, 1806
Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 16, 1806
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: July 3, 1806
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 4, 1806
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: July 1, 1806
Patrick Gass: December 25, 1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 26, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 16, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 17, 1805
Patrick Gass: November 18, 1805
Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — Patrick Gass: November 14, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 15, 1805
Columbia River near Wallula Gap — Patrick Gass: October 18, 1805
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: October 2, 1805
Patrick Gass: August 17, 1805
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 9, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 29, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 23, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 24, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 26, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 14, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 16, 1805
Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 6, 1805
Patrick Gass: June 3, 1805
Missouri River near Musselshell River — Patrick Gass: May 20, 1805
Missouri River near Yellowstone approach — Patrick Gass: April 25, 1805
Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — Patrick Gass: April 30, 1805
Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — Patrick Gass: April 26, 1805
Patrick Gass: April 29, 1805
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 15, 1805
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 25, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 7, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 9, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 18, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 17, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 7, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 8, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River — Patrick Gass: August 8, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River — Patrick Gass: August 7, 1804
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — John Ordway: July 4, 1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 23, 1806
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — John Ordway: September 30, 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — John Ordway: August 27, 1805
John Ordway: April 7, 1805
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 13, 1804
Missouri River near St. Joseph area — John Ordway: July 6, 1804
Missouri River near Jefferson City area — John Ordway: June 10, 1804
Missouri River near Tavern Cave — John Ordway: May 24, 1804
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 23, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 20, 1805
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — Patrick Gass: October 23, 1805
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 28, 1805
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 29, 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Patrick Gass: August 28, 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Patrick Gass: August 27, 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Patrick Gass: August 29, 1805
Patrick Gass: September 16, 1805
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 7, 1805
Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Patrick Gass: August 1, 1805
Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 15, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Patrick Gass: August 20, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: March 1, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: March 29, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 25, 1805
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 23, 1805
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 26, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 28, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 20, 1804
Building Fort Mandan — Patrick Gass: October 29, 1804
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — Patrick Gass: October 16, 1804
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Joseph Whitehouse: August 27, 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Joseph Whitehouse: August 28, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Joseph Whitehouse: August 18, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse: August 17, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Joseph Whitehouse: August 19, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Joseph Whitehouse: August 20, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Joseph Whitehouse: August 21, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Joseph Whitehouse: August 22, 1805
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 9, 1805
Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Joseph Whitehouse: July 31, 1805
Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Joseph Whitehouse: August 1, 1805
Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Joseph Whitehouse: August 4, 1805
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 6, 1805
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 7, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: July 7, 1805
Three Forks of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: July 30, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 25, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 27, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 16, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 21, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 20, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 23, 1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 8, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 14, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 15, 1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 4, 1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 7, 1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 6, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse: May 26, 1805
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Joseph Whitehouse: December 3, 1804
Teton Sioux confrontation near Pierre, SD — Joseph Whitehouse: September 26, 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Joseph Whitehouse: September 20, 1804
Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain — Joseph Whitehouse: September 8, 1804
Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Joseph Whitehouse: August 29, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse: August 30, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse: September 7, 1804
Missouri River near Vermillion area — Joseph Whitehouse: August 23, 1804
Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Joseph Whitehouse: August 25, 1804
Missouri River near Leavenworth area — Joseph Whitehouse: July 1, 1804
Missouri River near Osage River — Joseph Whitehouse: June 7, 1804
Missouri River near Osage River — Joseph Whitehouse: June 6, 1804
St. Charles, Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: May 19, 1804
Missouri River near Little Sioux River — Charles Floyd: August 15, 1804
Missouri River near Little Sioux River — Charles Floyd: August 16, 1804
Council Bluffs, Iowa (first council site) — Charles Floyd: August 1, 1804
Missouri River near Platte River mouth — Charles Floyd: July 17, 1804
Missouri River near Leavenworth area — Charles Floyd: July 3, 1804
Missouri River near Osage River — Charles Floyd: June 2, 1804
Missouri River near Jefferson City area — Charles Floyd: June 10, 1804
Meriwether Lewis: December 12, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: November 21, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: November 11, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 12, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 13, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 14, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 16, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 17, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 18, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 1, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 2, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 5, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: September 6, 1803
Clark: September 24, 1806
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Lewis: August 12, 1806
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Clark: August 8, 1806
Lewis: August 2, 1806
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Lewis: August 3, 1806
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Lewis: August 4, 1806
Clark: August 5, 1806
Lewis: July 30, 1806
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Clark: July 14, 1806
Lewis: July 14, 1806
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Clark: July 13, 1806
Lewis: July 10, 1806
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Clark: July 8, 1806
Lewis: July 8, 1806
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Lewis: July 9, 1806
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Clark: July 6, 1806
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Lewis: July 2, 1806
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Lewis: July 3, 1806
Lewis: June 30, 1806
Clark: July 1, 1806
Lewis: June 29, 1806
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Clark: June 23, 1806
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Clark: June 20, 1806
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Lewis: June 15, 1806
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Clark: June 9, 1806
Lewis: June 9, 1806
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Lewis: June 7, 1806
Clark: June 8, 1806
Lewis: June 8, 1806
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Clark: June 6, 1806
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Lewis: June 3, 1806
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Lewis: May 30, 1806
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Clark: May 26, 1806
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Clark: May 14, 1806
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Clark: May 12, 1806
Lewis: May 8, 1806
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Clark: May 8, 1806
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Clark: May 6, 1806
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Clark: April 16, 1806
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Clark: April 14, 1806
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Clark: April 6, 1806
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Clark: March 30, 1806
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Clark: March 18, 1806
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Clark: March 14, 1806
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Clark: February 14, 1806
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Clark: February 1, 1806
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Clark: January 15, 1806
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Lewis: January 11, 1806
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Clark: December 31, 1805
Clark: January 1, 1806
Lewis: January 1, 1806
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Clark: January 3, 1806
Clark: December 27, 1805
Clark: December 29, 1805
Lewis: December 19, 1805
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Lewis: December 18, 1805
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Lewis: December 1, 1805
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Lewis: November 29, 1805
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Clark: November 21, 1805
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Clark: October 29, 1805
Clark: October 26, 1805
Clark: October 28, 1805
Clark: October 30, 1805
Clark: October 24, 1805
Clark: October 23, 1805
Clark: October 21, 1805
Clark: October 22, 1805
Clark: October 25, 1805
Clark: October 17, 1805
Clark: October 19, 1805
Clark: October 13, 1805
Clark: October 18, 1805
Clark: October 9, 1805
Clark: October 10, 1805
Clark: October 1, 1805
Clark: October 4, 1805
Clark: October 5, 1805
Clark: September 29, 1805
Clark: September 25, 1805
Clark: September 26, 1805
Clark: September 27, 1805
Lewis: September 21, 1805
Clark: September 21, 1805
Lewis: September 22, 1805
Clark: September 22, 1805
Clark: September 23, 1805
Clark: September 24, 1805
Lewis: September 18, 1805
Lewis: September 19, 1805
Clark: September 13, 1805
Lewis: September 9, 1805
Clark: September 10, 1805
Lewis: September 10, 1805
Clark: September 3, 1805
Clark: August 29, 1805
Clark: August 27, 1805
Clark: August 28, 1805
Lewis: August 25, 1805
Lewis: August 26, 1805
Lewis: August 22, 1805
Lewis: August 23, 1805
Lewis: August 24, 1805
Clark: August 24, 1805
Lewis: August 20, 1805
Lewis: August 21, 1805
Clark: August 20, 1805
Clark: August 21, 1805
Lewis: August 16, 1805
Lewis: August 19, 1805
Lewis: August 18, 1805
Lewis: August 13, 1805
Lewis: August 14, 1805
Clark: August 15, 1805
Lewis: August 15, 1805
Lewis: August 11, 1805
Lewis: August 10, 1805
Lewis: August 7, 1805
Clark: August 9, 1805
Lewis: August 8, 1805
Lewis: August 9, 1805
Clark: August 6, 1805
Lewis: August 4, 1805
Lewis: August 5, 1805
Lewis: August 6, 1805
Lewis: August 1, 1805
Clark: August 4, 1805
Lewis: August 2, 1805
Lewis: August 3, 1805
Clark: July 30, 1805
Lewis: July 29, 1805
Clark: July 31, 1805
Clark: August 1, 1805
Lewis: July 30, 1805
Lewis: July 31, 1805
Lewis: July 27, 1805
Clark: July 27, 1805
Lewis: July 26, 1805
Clark: July 22, 1805
Lewis: July 22, 1805
Lewis: July 23, 1805
Lewis: July 24, 1805
Lewis: July 19, 1805
Lewis: July 20, 1805
Lewis: July 21, 1805
Clark: July 16, 1805
Clark: July 17, 1805
Lewis: July 16, 1805
Lewis: July 17, 1805
Lewis: July 18, 1805
Clark: July 13, 1805
Lewis: July 12, 1805
Lewis: July 13, 1805
Lewis: July 14, 1805
Lewis: July 10, 1805
Lewis: July 9, 1805
Lewis: July 11, 1805
Lewis: July 6, 1805
Lewis: July 7, 1805
Lewis: July 8, 1805
Clark: July 5, 1805
Lewis: July 4, 1805
Lewis: July 5, 1805
Lewis: July 1, 1805
Clark: July 2, 1805
Lewis: July 2, 1805
Lewis: July 3, 1805
Clark: July 1, 1805
Lewis: June 29, 1805
Lewis: June 30, 1805
Lewis: June 26, 1805
Lewis: June 28, 1805
Lewis: June 27, 1805
Lewis: June 24, 1805
Clark: June 25, 1805
Lewis: June 25, 1805
Clark: June 26, 1805
Lewis: June 19, 1805
Lewis: June 20, 1805
Clark: June 21, 1805
Lewis: June 21, 1805
Clark: June 20, 1805
Clark: June 16, 1805
Lewis: June 16, 1805
Clark: June 17, 1805
Lewis: June 17, 1805
Lewis: June 18, 1805
Lewis: June 14, 1805
Clark: June 14, 1805
Lewis: June 12, 1805
Clark: June 15, 1805
Lewis: June 15, 1805
Lewis: June 9, 1805
Clark: June 10, 1805
Lewis: June 10, 1805
Clark: June 11, 1805
Lewis: June 11, 1805
Clark: June 7, 1805
Clark: June 6, 1805
Lewis: June 6, 1805
Clark: June 8, 1805
Lewis: June 7, 1805
Clark: June 9, 1805
Lewis: June 8, 1805
Clark: June 2, 1805
Lewis: June 2, 1805
Clark: June 4, 1805
Lewis: June 5, 1805
Lewis: June 4, 1805
Clark: May 31, 1805
Lewis: May 28, 1805
Lewis: June 1, 1805
Lewis: May 30, 1805
Lewis: May 31, 1805
Lewis: May 27, 1805
Clark: May 25, 1805
Lewis: May 25, 1805
Lewis: May 21, 1805
Clark: May 22, 1805
Lewis: May 22, 1805
Lewis: May 23, 1805
Lewis: May 24, 1805
Lewis: May 16, 1805
Lewis: May 18, 1805
Lewis: May 20, 1805
Lewis: May 15, 1805
Lewis: May 13, 1805
Clark: May 14, 1805
Clark: May 16, 1805
Lewis: May 9, 1805
Lewis: May 10, 1805
Lewis: May 11, 1805
Clark: May 12, 1805
Lewis: May 12, 1805
Clark: May 9, 1805
Lewis: May 7, 1805
Lewis: May 5, 1805
Lewis: May 6, 1805
Lewis: May 8, 1805
Lewis: May 2, 1805
Clark: May 3, 1805
Clark: May 5, 1805
Lewis: May 3, 1805
Lewis: May 4, 1805
Lewis: April 28, 1805
Clark: April 30, 1805
Lewis: April 30, 1805
Lewis: May 1, 1805
Clark: April 25, 1805
Lewis: April 25, 1805
Clark: April 27, 1805
Clark: April 26, 1805
Lewis: April 26, 1805
Lewis: April 27, 1805
Lewis: April 21, 1805
Clark: April 22, 1805
Clark: April 23, 1805
Lewis: April 22, 1805
Lewis: April 23, 1805
Lewis: April 24, 1805
Clark: April 17, 1805
Lewis: April 17, 1805
Lewis: April 19, 1805
Clark: April 20, 1805
Lewis: April 20, 1805
Clark: April 14, 1805
Clark: April 15, 1805
Lewis: April 14, 1805
Lewis: April 15, 1805
Lewis: April 16, 1805
Lewis: April 10, 1805
Lewis: April 11, 1805
Lewis: April 12, 1805
Lewis: April 13, 1805
Lewis: April 8, 1805
Lewis: April 9, 1805
Lewis: March 16, 1805
Clark: March 9, 1805
Clark: February 21, 1805
Lewis: February 13, 1805
Clark: February 15, 1805
Clark: February 16, 1805
Lewis: February 5, 1805
Lewis: February 6, 1805
Lewis: February 7, 1805
Lewis: February 8, 1805
Lewis: February 9, 1805
Lewis: February 10, 1805
Lewis: February 12, 1805
Lewis: February 3, 1805
Lewis: February 4, 1805
Lewis: January 26, 1805
Clark: January 27, 1805
Clark: January 2, 1805
Clark: December 21, 1804
Clark: December 23, 1804
Clark: December 10, 1804
Clark: December 9, 1804
Clark: December 7, 1804
Clark: November 30, 1804
Clark: November 27, 1804
Clark: November 19, 1804
Clark: November 20, 1804
Clark: November 25, 1804
Lewis: November 1, 1804
Clark: November 1, 1804
Clark: November 5, 1804
Clark: November 9, 1804
Lewis: October 31, 1804
Clark: October 28, 1804
Clark: October 27, 1804
Clark: October 31, 1804
Lewis: October 20, 1804
Clark: October 24, 1804
Clark: October 15, 1804
Lewis: October 16, 1804
Clark: October 17, 1804
Clark: October 16, 1804
Clark: October 13, 1804
Clark: October 4, 1804
Clark: October 6, 1804
Clark: October 8, 1804
Clark: September 27, 1804
Clark: September 28, 1804
Lewis: September 20, 1804
Clark: September 26, 1804
Clark: September 23, 1804
Lewis: September 17, 1804
Lewis: September 18, 1804
Clark: September 16, 1804
Clark: September 17, 1804
Lewis: September 16, 1804
Clark: September 13, 1804
Lewis: September 13, 1804
Lewis: September 14, 1804
Clark: September 15, 1804
Lewis: September 9, 1804
Lewis: September 5, 1804
Clark: September 8, 1804
Clark: September 9, 1804
Clark: September 1, 1804
Lewis: August 27, 1804
Lewis: August 28, 1804
Lewis: August 26, 1804
Clark: August 28, 1804
Clark: August 29, 1804
Lewis: August 24, 1804
Clark: August 25, 1804
Lewis: August 25, 1804
Clark: August 24, 1804
Clark: August 22, 1804
Clark: August 23, 1804
Clark: August 15, 1804
Clark: August 16, 1804
Clark: August 8, 1804
Lewis: August 8, 1804
Clark: August 11, 1804
Clark: August 12, 1804
Lewis: August 2, 1804
Lewis: August 5, 1804
Clark: August 7, 1804
Lewis: July 30, 1804
Lewis: July 27, 1804
Clark: August 2, 1804
Clark: July 30, 1804
Clark: July 24, 1804
Lewis: July 22, 1804
Lewis: July 16, 1804
Lewis: July 15, 1804
Clark: July 17, 1804
Clark: July 19, 1804
Clark: July 10, 1804
Clark: July 12, 1804
Clark: July 5, 1804
Clark: July 7, 1804
Lewis: July 8, 1804
Clark: June 28, 1804
Clark: July 1, 1804
Clark: June 22, 1804
Clark: June 23, 1804
Clark: June 24, 1804
Clark: June 13, 1804
Clark: June 17, 1804
Clark: June 6, 1804
Clark: June 7, 1804
Clark: June 8, 1804
Clark: June 10, 1804
Clark: May 31, 1804
Clark: June 2, 1804
Clark: June 3, 1804
Clark: June 4, 1804
Lewis: May 26, 1804
Clark: May 29, 1804
Clark: May 22, 1804
Clark: May 23, 1804
Lewis: May 20, 1804
Clark: May 18, 1804
Clark: May 19, 1804
Clark: May 20, 1804
Lewis: May 15, 1804
Meriwether Lewis: May 19, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: September 11, 1803
Meriwether Lewis: May 29, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: July 15, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: April 11, 1806
Meriwether Lewis: November 16, 1803
William Clark: September 23, 1806
Meriwether Lewis: March 23, 1806
Meriwether Lewis: June 26, 1806
William Clark: July 27, 1806
William Clark: August 11, 1806
William Clark: October 16, 1805
William Clark: November 7, 1805
William Clark: November 24, 1805
William Clark: December 25, 1805
William Clark: September 4, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: July 28, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: August 12, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: August 17, 1805
William Clark: September 16, 1805
William Clark: September 20, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: February 11, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: April 7, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: May 26, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: June 3, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: June 13, 1805
William Clark: August 30, 1804
William Clark: September 7, 1804
William Clark: September 25, 1804
William Clark: October 26, 1804
William Clark: November 4, 1804
William Clark: May 25, 1804
William Clark: June 26, 1804
William Clark: July 4, 1804
William Clark: July 21, 1804
William Clark: August 3, 1804
William Clark: August 20, 1804
William Clark: May 14, 1804
Wildlife (268)
Evergreen huckleberry
California false hellebore
Spiny goldenweed, Lacy tansyaster
Bear grass; western turkey-beard
Western wake-robin
Petioled wake-robin
Wild hyacinth
Western hemlock
Blue huckleberry
Tailed kittentails
Northern sun-cup
Western red cedar; western arbor vitae
Large-headed clover
Small-headed clover
Silver buffaloberry
Sitka mountain ash
Red false mallow
Needle and thread grass
Oregon white-topped aster
Aromatic aster
Thimbleberry
Salmonberry
Broadleaf arrowhead
Greasewood
Narrow-leaved skullcap
Wormleaf stonecrop
Cascara buckthorn
Golden currant
Red flowering currant
Sticky currant
Silver-leaf psoralea; silvery scurfpea
Lance-leaved psoralea; lemon scurfpea
Few-flowered psoralea; scurfy pea
Antelope bush, bitterbush
Oregon white oak
White milkwort
Narrowleaf cottonwood; willowleaf poplar
Plains cottonwood
Black cottonwood
Pin cherry
Blue bunch wheatgrass
Western white pine
Pacific popcorn flower
Sandburg’s bluegrass, Curly bluegrass
Large-flowered clammyweed
Pretty Jacob’s ladder
Showy phlox
Engelmann’s spruce
Whitebark pine
Lodgepole pine
Wilcox’s penstemon
Gairdner’s yampah; fennel
Virgate scorpionweed
Linearleaf phacelia
Lewis’s syringa, Lewis’s mockorange
Missouri foxtail cactus
Oregon boxwood
Lousewort
Prairie apple, Indian breadroot
Shrubby beardtongue; Bush penstemon
Indian tobacco
Tufted evening primrose
Brittle opuntia
Plains pricklypear
Owl’s clover; goldtongue
Silky lupine
Rayless chamomile
Large monkey flower
Lewis’s monkey flower
Biscuit root; Lewis’s lomatium
Orange honeysuckle
Twinberry honeysuckle
Silvery lupine
Chinook licorice; seashore lupine
Western blue-flag
Western larch
Bitterroot; rock rose
Lewis’s blue flax
Cous
Pestle parsnip
Tassels; Prairie smoke
Broad-leaved gum-plant
Common matchweed; broomweed
Ocean spray
Scarlet gilia
Western wallflower
Yellow fawn lily
Idaho fescue
Clustered elkweed
Mission bells; rice root
Yellow bell
Blanketflower; Great-flowered gaillardia
Menzies’ larkspur
Narrow-leaved purple coneflower
Silverberry
Fetid rayless goldenrod; Heavy gray rabbitbrush
Cut-leaved daisy
Oregon sunshine
Pink cleome
Small-flowered collinsia; Blue-eyed Mary
Narrow-leaved collomia
Pacific or Nuttall’s dogwood
Black hawthorn
Mountain lady’s slipper
Redstem buckbrush; Oregon-tea
Sticky laurel; mountain balm
Douglas’ rabbitbrush; Sticky-leaf rabbitbrush
Ragged robin; Beautiful clarkia
Lanceleaf springbeauty
Sugar bowls; leather flower
Western paper birch
American bistort
Elegant Mariposa lily
Slender toothwort
Fourwing saltbush
Gardner’s saltbush
Arrowleaf balsamroot
Dull Oregon grape
Silver sagebrush
Linear-leaved wormwood, Tarragon
Long-leaved mugwort
White sagebrush or Dark-leaved mugwort
Big sagebrush
Missouri milk vetch
Saskatoon serviceberry
Racoon grape
Death camas
Western columbine
Pacific madrone
Grand fir
Subalpine fir
Vine maple
Rocky Mountain Maple
Bigleaf maple
Red alder
White-tailed deer
Yellow-bellied marmot
Townsend’s chipmunk
Townsend’s mole
Western gray squirrel
Short-tailed shrew
Striped skunk (Great Plains subspecies)
Striped skunk (western subspecies)
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Pocket gopher
American red squirrel
Oregon pronghorn
Pacific harbor seal
Plains gray wolf
Northern bobcat
Northern raccoon
Red fox
Desert cottontail
Douglas’s squirrel
Eastern woodrat
Ermine
Columbian ground squirrel
American beaver
Moose
Willet
Winter wren
Greater white-fronted goose
Loggerhead shrike
Western gull
Mourning dove
Pileated woodpecker
Ring-necked duck
Tundra swan
Passenger pigeon
Horned lark
Prairie sharp-tailed grouse
Red-necked grebe
Ruffed grouse
Northern fulmar
Pacific loon
American goldfinch
Northern flicker
Long-billed curlew
Thick-billed longspur
Great horned owl
Canada jay (Pacific)
Greater sage grouse
Hutchins’s goose; Cackling Goose
Interior least tern
Lesser Canada goose; Cackling Goose
Double-crested cormorant
Dusky Grouse
Forster’s tern
Franklin’s grouse
Glaucous-winged gull
Carolina parakeet
Columbian sharp-tailed grouse
Common nighthawk
Bonaparte’s gull
Brewer’s blackbird
Broad-tailed hummingbird
Hairy woodpecker
Western hog-nose snake
Western fence lizard
Wandering garter snake
Northern Pacific rattlesnake
Painted turtle
Plains horned lizard; Texas horned lizard
Red-spotted garter snake
Oregon spotted frog
Pygmy horned toad; Short-horned lizard
Rough skinned newt
Bullsnake, Say’s pine snake
Sauger
Columbian toad
Eulachon, candle fish
Goldeye
Northern pikeminnow
Salmon species
Columbia river chub; Peamouth
Cutthroat trout
Mountain Lion
North American Porcupine
Common Raven
American Badger
Long-tailed Weasel
American Crow
Ragged Robin
Lewis’s Monkey-flower
Prairie Sagebrush
Wild Bergamot
Western Serviceberry
Ponderosa Pine
Western Red Cedar
Salal
Bear Grass
Bitterroot
Lewis’s Wild Flax
Osage Orange
Camas
Oregon Grape
Prairie Rattlesnake
Bullsnake
Greater Short-horned Lizard
Pacific Tree Frog
Western Toad
White Sturgeon
Steelhead Trout
Starry Flounder
Western Grebe
Common Poorwill
Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Eulachon
American White Pelican
Steller’s Jay
Oregon Ruffed Grouse
Mountain Quail
Pinyon Jay
Western Meadowlark
Western Tanager
Greater Sage-Grouse
Mountain Goat
Oregon Bobcat
Swift Fox
Elk
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Bushy-tailed Woodrat
Mountain Beaver
American Bison
Sea Otter
Mule Deer
White-tailed Jackrabbit
Grizzly Bear
Documents (18)
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark (Biddle Edition)
Jefferson’s Message to Congress on the Expedition’s Return
Lewis’s Descriptions of New Plant Species
Lewis’s Descriptions of New Animal Species
Court Martial Proceedings of the Expedition
Land Warrants Issued to Expedition Members
Lewis’s Astronomical Observations and Calculations
Lewis’s Letter to Jefferson from Fort Mandan
Council with the Oto and Missouri Nations
Council with the Teton Sioux at Bad River
Lewis’s Description of the Great Falls of the Missouri
Lewis’s Letter to Jefferson Announcing the Expedition’s Return
Jefferson’s Instructions to Meriwether Lewis
Lewis’s Letter to William Clark Inviting Him to Co-Command
Benjamin Rush’s Questions for Lewis
Lewis’s Requisition of Supplies from the U.S. Arsenal
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Sergeant Ordway’s Journal
Weapons (14)
Pocket Pistols with Secret Triggers
Lewis’s Fowling Piece
Blunderbusses (Pirogue-Mounted)
Officers’ Swords
Powder Horns and Shot Pouches
Bullet Molds
Model 1795 Springfield Musket
Girandoni Air Rifle
Kentucky/Pennsylvania Long Rifle
Model 1799 Horseman’s Pistols
Keelboat Swivel Gun
Espontoon (Spontoon)
Indian Peace Medal (Jefferson)
1792 Contract Rifle (Expedition Primary Rifle)
Cross-Narrator Analyses
Analyses that cite or discuss Meriwether Lewis — showing 24 of the most recent matches.
May 19, 1805
A Beaver, a Bear, and a Bleeding Newfoundland: Three Sergeants on the Missouri
The journal entries for May 19, 1805, offer a textbook case of how the enlisted journalists of the Corps of Discovery cross-pollinated…
April 10, 1806
A Bighorn Skin and a Broken Cord: Four Views of the Cascades Portage
The entries of April 10, 1806, find the Corps of Discovery laboring up the rapids below the Upper Cascades of the Columbia,…
February 11, 1805
A Birth at Fort Mandan, A Hunt on the Prairie: Divergent Lenses on February 11, 1805
February 11, 1805, at Fort Mandan. Two published journals in this corpus record the day: Meriwether Lewis and John Ordway. Patrick Gass…
May 4, 1805
A Broken Rudder, a Fortified Lodge, and Buffalo That Will Not Move
The Rudder and the Late StartEvery narrator opens with the same delay. The red pirogue's rudder irons, broken landing the previous evening,…
June 1, 1806
A Broken Voyage, a White Bear Skin, and a Missing Sergeant: Four Voices at Camp Chopunnish
The journal entries dated June 1, 1806 offer an unusual structural puzzle for readers of the expedition record. Three of the four…
August 5, 1804
A Bull Snake, a Lost Knife, and a River Eating Itself
One Day, Five Pens, Five PrioritiesAugust 5, 1804 produces an unusually clear demonstration of how differently the expedition's narrators allocated attention. The…
June 11, 1805
A Cache, a Departure, and Two Patients on the Marias
The June 11 entries divide cleanly along a geographic seam. Lewis is gone — he set out at 8 A.M. with Drouillard,…
August 20, 1805
A Camp Divides: Lewis’s Cache and Clark’s Reconnaissance
August 20, 1805 is the first full day in which the captains' journals describe geographically separated activities, and the enlisted-men narrators line…
May 30, 1806
A Canoe Lost, a Chief Recovering: Four Voices from Camp Chopunnish
The journal entries for May 30, 1806, written from Camp Chopunnish on the Clearwater River, offer an unusually clean opportunity to compare…
July 31, 1805
A Captain Alone, A Crew Lamed: Convergence on the Jefferson
The entries for July 31, 1805 capture a moment of mild crisis on the Jefferson River: Captain Lewis, having pressed ahead the…
July 29, 1805
A Captive Crane at the Three Forks
The expedition's pause at the Three Forks of the Missouri produced a revealing cross-section of journal styles. With Captain Clark recovering from…
February 16, 1806
A Captured Vulture and a Borrowed Page: Parallel Journals at Fort Clatsop
The journals of February 16, 1806 offer an unusually clean specimen of the collaborative writing practices that governed Fort Clatsop's winter quarters.…
September 28, 1804
A Carrot of Tobacco and a Drawn Sword: Four Accounts of the Teton Standoff
September 28, 1804, below the Teton villages near present Pierre. The keelboat's anchor was lost in the sand the night before. When…
June 27, 1806
A Conic Mound of Stones: Four Voices on the Bitterroot Summit
The journals of June 27, 1806 offer an unusually clean specimen of how the Lewis and Clark expedition's four active diarists handled…
August 28, 1804
A Damaged Pirogue, an Indisposed Captain, and a Quiet Order Below the Calumet Bluffs
The entries of August 28, 1804, written as the Corps of Discovery camped below the Calumet Bluffs awaiting the return of Sergeant…
June 19, 1806
A Day of Waiting at Weippe: Four Pens on Hunger, Fish, and Lost Horses
Stalled at Weippe Prairie waiting for Nez Perce guides who could lead them across the Bitterroots, the Corps of Discovery spent June…
May 15, 1805
A Day Spent Drying: Five Narrators on a Stalled Aftermath
May 15, 1805 was a recovery day. The previous afternoon's accident with the white pirogue — when a sudden squall nearly capsized…
September 10, 1805
A Day’s Halt at Travelers’ Rest and the Flathead Encounter
The Corps spent September 10, 1805 in camp at Travelers' Rest, near present-day Lolo, Montana, while hunters fanned out and the captains…
September 10, 1805
A Day’s Rest at Travelers’ Rest, and Three Riders from the West
September 10, 1805 was meant to be a logistical pause. The captains halted at Travelers' Rest Creek to take observations, rest horses,…
May 22, 1806
A Deer in the River, a Colt on the Fire: Four Views from Camp Chopunnish
By late May 1806 the Corps of Discovery had been encamped among the Nez Perce (Chopunnish) for nearly two weeks, waiting for…
May 23, 1806
A Deer, Two Swimmers, and the Limits of Frontier Medicine
The journals of John Ordway, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark for May 23, 1806 offer an unusually clear window into how the…
March 31, 1806
A Deserted Village and the Shrinking of the Quicksand
On 31 March 1806, the Corps of Discovery moved up the Columbia from their winter quarters at Fort Clatsop and encamped opposite…
March 2, 1806
A Feast of Anchovies and the Cock of the Plains: Three Voices at Fort Clatsop
March 2, 1806, at Fort Clatsop. Three published journals survive for the day in this corpus: John Ordway's short trade note, and…
May 26, 1806
A Finished Canoe, an Empty Larder: Four Voices at Camp Chopunnish
The entries of May 26, 1806, capture the Corps of Discovery in suspended motion at Camp Chopunnish along the Clearwater, waiting for…
From the Heacock Memorial Archive
18 lewis-clark.org articles that mention Meriwether Lewis, preserved here for Robert Heacock’s photography. The articles were written by that site’s contributing authors.
The Sandy River
The "quicksand river"
Rattlesnakes
Crotalus sp.
William Clark (1784–1838)
Beacon Rock
A remarkable, high and detached rock
Alcohol Rations
Ardent spirits on the expedition
A Solitary Hero
Excerpt from River of Promise
April 9, 1806
Beautiful waterfalls
January 8, 1806
A night at Ecola
February 8, 1806
Bringing in the elk
November 7, 1805
Ocean in view?
December 7, 1803
Cahokia arrivals
April 7, 1806
Regulating the firearms
September 6, 1803
Sailing past Steubenville
September 4, 1803
Leaky boats
December 30, 1805
Fair morning
November 3, 1805
The "Quick Sand" River
January 3, 1806
An agreeable food
April 3, 1806
Mapping the Willamette River
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