Cameahwait: The Lemhi Shoshone Chief Who Traded Horses
First Contact in the MountainsCameahwait — chief of a band of Lemhi Shoshone encountered west…
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Shoshone Tribe
Analyses (14)
View allCharbonneau’s Silence and the Crisis on the Lemhi
1805-08-25August 25, 1805, a Sunday, with the expedition split. Four published journals in this corpus…
Departure from the Shoshone: Four Accounts of a Pivotal Crossing
1805-08-30The entries of August 30, 1805, capture the Corps of Discovery at a hinge point:…
Flags, Horses, and a Game Like Button: Four Views from the Lemhi
1805-08-27The journals of 27 August 1805 capture the Lewis and Clark expedition at a hinge…
Four Pens, One Trail: Departing the Lemhi for the Bitterroot Crossing
1805-08-31The expedition's departure from the Shoshone lodges on August 31, 1805 was recorded by four…
Old Toby: The Shoshone Guide Through the Bitterroots
A Note on the Source RecordThe two journal entries provided for this synthesis (dated September…
Onion Island and the Shoshone Homeland: Three Views of a Hopeful Day
1805-07-22The entries of July 22, 1805, written as the Corps of Discovery moved up the…
Sacagawea: The Shoshone Interpreter of the Corps of Discovery
Recruitment at Fort MandanSacagawea entered the expedition record indirectly, through her husband. On November 4,…
The Lemhi Shoshone: Horse Lords of the Continental Divide
A Nation Glimpsed Long Before They Were MetThe Lemhi Shoshone — the band of Northern…
The Shoshone Nation: Sacagawea’s People and the Horse Trade
Introduction: A Nation Long AnticipatedLong before Lewis and Clark ever laid eyes on a Shoshone…
Three Thousand Miles from Wood River — and a First Shoshone in Sight
1805-08-11Two Expeditions, One DateThe August 11 record divides almost perfectly along a line of sight.…
Three Voices at the Forks: Converging Accounts of the Shoshone Rendezvous
1805-08-17The arrival of the canoe party at the forks of the Beaverhead, where Captain Lewis…
Two Camps Reunite at the Shoshone Village: Reconnaissance, Refusal, and the Decision to Go Around
1805-08-29August 29, 1805 marks a pivotal logistical convergence for the Corps of Discovery. After Clark's…
Two Camps, Two Hungers: The Shoshone Feast and the Boatmen’s Slog
1805-08-16August 16, 1805 finds the Corps split into two operational halves, and the journals divide…
