American beaver

Apr 26 1805

Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — John Ordway: April 26, 1805

...pleanty, viz. buffaloe Elk Deer Goats Some bair. pleanty of beaver, fish &C and a beauti- ful country around in every direction, considerable of timber Such as cotton...

May 19 1805

Seaman Bitten by a Beaver — Nearly Dies

... Montana. Lewis recorded that Seaman was "badly bitten by a beaver" after apparently catching or cornering the animal near the water's edge. The beaver severed an art...

Aug 6 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 6, 1805

a clear morning. we Set out as usal, and proceeded on hall- ing the canoes up the rapids. the bottoms low and covered with Small...

Aug 6 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 6, 1805

... it to a pole at the forks. But the pole was green, and the beavers cut it down before Clark's arrival. In ignorance of Lewis' note Clark proceeded, with great diffic...

Aug 6 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 6, 1805

see if the canoes had come up that far, and came upon the north branch about 2 miles above it. Here we discovered that the...

Aug 7 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 7, 1805

a clear cool morning. one man out to hunt. we unloaded one of the Small canoes and halled it out in a grove of cotton...

Aug 7 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 7, 1805

which was fair and clear, and where Capt. Lewis took a meri- dian altitude, which made the latitude of this place 4§ 2 53 north....

Aug 7 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 7, 1805

one of the Small canoes and hailed it out in the bushes in a grove of cotton timber on L. Side of the forks and...

Aug 8 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 8, 1805

a clear cold morning. 4 hunters Sent out eairly to hunt. we Set out at Sunrise, and proceeded on passed beautiful Smooth prarie on each...

Aug 8 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 8, 1805

...he prarie is covred with grass which is high in places, the beaver abounds on these Rivers, they have dams and ponds &. C. &. C. in different places, the Soil of thes...

Aug 8 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 8, 1805

...ke did not get the note left at the point, which was that a beaver had cut down and dragged off the pole, on which I had fixed it.

Aug 9 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 9, 1805

...d of it Soon. Some Thunder. the Musquetoes troublesome. the beaver pleanty as usal &c. Saw Snow on the Mountains Some distance a head. pro- ceeded on passed the old b...

Aug 9 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 9, 1805

...n a fiew days. Some thunder the Musquetoes troublesome, the beaver as pleanty as usal, &.C. Saw Snow on the Mountains Some dis- tance a head, proceeded on passed the ...

Aug 9 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 9, 1805

with some dew; proceeded on till g o’clock when we halted for breakfast. Here one of the hunters came to us who had been out...

Aug 10 1805

Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 10, 1805

... and Camped on the Star? Side. [ 131 ] CHAPTER Kia FROM THE BEAVER’S HEAD TO THE GREAT DIVIDE August 11-16, 1805