American Bison

Jun 12 1804

Missouri River near Jefferson City area — Joseph Whitehouse: June 12, 1804

...au] in St Louis Our men of Each Craft Exchang* Blankets for Buffalow Robes & Mockisons Sent One of Our Men Belonging to the white pierouge back that Belong* to Cap® S...

Sep 19 1804

Missouri River near Big Bend — Joseph Whitehouse: September 19, 1804

... Clark & 2 men went out to hunt on N.S. at noon we Saw Some buffaloe Swimming the river. we Stoped and Killed 2 of them. proceeded on. Cap! Lewis and Drewyer went to h...

Nov 17 1804

Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Joseph Whitehouse: November 17, 1804

...forts with. Some of the Mandans come & Informed us that the buffaloe had come near the River again.

May 1 1805

Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 1, 1805

...y much. Some of the party went out to hunt. they killed one buffaloe one Deer 2 beaver and one Goose. the party camped opposite to where I lay all night the man who wa...

May 2 1805

Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 2, 1805

...et off this morning. Some men went out to hunt. Killed Some buffaloe & Some Deer. one of the party kill* two beaver last night. the men who was out a hunting found Sev...

May 29 1805

Buffalo Bull Charges Camp — Seaman Sounds the Alarm

In the predawn darkness along the Missouri River, a large buffalo bull stampeded directly through the expedition's camp, nearly trampling the sleeping men. The bull ...

May 31 1805

Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: May 31, 1805

...a draughm of Spirits as it was wet. Cap! Lewis killed a fat buffaloe, & Some of the hunters killed 2 more but lost one of them in the river. ab! 1 oC. we proceeded on ...

Jun 22 1805

Joseph Whitehouse: June 22, 1805

...p their, in order to git the Iron boat in readiness &c. the buffalow around the lower Camp verry thick Some gangs Swam the River Cap! Clarks Servant york killed one wh...

Sep 4 1805

Joseph Whitehouse: September 4, 1805

...them well cloathed with M? Sheep and other Skins. they have buffalow Robes leather lodges to live in, but have no meat at this time. but gave us abundance of their dry...

Aug 3 1806

Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 3, 1806

...y and saw great gangs of elk feeding on the shores, but few buffaloe. At sunset we encamped having gone 73 miles.

Aug 4 1806

Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 4, 1806

...proceeded on. We went very rapidly, and in our way killed a buffaloe, an elk and some deer. At five o’clock we passed the mouth of Milk river, which was very high an...

Aug 5 1806

Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 5, 1806

...t noon we got under way. As we went on we killed a very fat buffaloe and some deer; and two hunters who went on ahead in the morning killed two very large brown bears....

Aug 7 1806

Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 7, 1806

...after coming above 100 miles; and though dark, killed a fat buffaloe at the place of our encampment.

Aug 12 1806

Lewis and Clark reunite at Missouri-Yellowstone confluence — Patrick Gass: August 12, 1806

...ty in their route had found game plenty of different kinds, buffaloe, elk, deer, beaver, otter and some other animals. They also found the Yellow-Stone river a pleasan...

Aug 21 1806

Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day — Patrick Gass: August 21, 1806

...ckarees for corn and beans, for which they give in exchange buffaloe meat and robes. They are a very silly superstitious people. Cap- tain Clarke gave one of their chi...