Canada Goose

Jan 13 1805

Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 13, 1805

...me 23 miles and encamped on Ps North side, where we found a wild goose nest on tree about 60 feet high. One of the men climbed the tree and found one egg in the nest. ai

Feb 25 1805

Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 25, 1805

...a point a 4 above, there is a great quantity of strawberry, goose- " berry and choak-cherry bushes; and there appears _ to be a good deal of small cotton-wood on the...

Apr 13 1805

Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 13, 1805

...e 23 miles and encamped on the North side, where we found a wild goose nest on a tree about 60 feet high. One of the men climbed the tree and found one egg in the nest.

Apr 18 1805

Patrick Gass: April 18, 1805

a wild goose. The morning was fine and we went on very well until 1 o’clock, when the wind blew so hard down t...

May 1 1805

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

...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 was with me kill’ a Deer. (came o...

May 3 1805

Lewis: May 3, 1805

...me that I touched it with my espontoon.found the nest of a wild goose among some driftwood in the river from which we took three eggs. this is the only nest we have me...

May 5 1805

Lewis: May 5, 1805

...species of geese which differ considerably from the common canadian goose; their neck head and beak are considerably thicker shorter and larger than the other in proportio...

May 20 1805

Missouri River near Musselshell River — John Ordway: May 20, 1805

...Saw buffalow & antilopes wild Cherries red & yallow berrys, Goose berrys &.C. abound in the river bottoms, prickley pairs on the high plains, the Capts had a meridia...

Jun 3 1805

Joseph Whitehouse: June 3, 1805

...Saw buffalow & antilopes, wild cherries red & yallow berrys goose berrys &c. abound in the river bottoms, prickley pairs on the high plains the Captains had a Meridi...

Jun 9 1805

Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 9, 1805

...en killed an excellent fat buffaloe. There is a quantity of gooseberry and choak-cherry bushes on the point, and also some rabbit berries.

Jun 13 1805

Joseph Whitehouse: June 13, 1805

...& a kind of yallow current, Such as I never Saw before. the Goose berrys are now ripe & abound in the River bottoms. we came 14 miles to day & Camped on the South Si...

Jun 13 1805

John Ordway: June 13, 1805

...f cotton timber. Saw abundance of wild or choke cherry, the Goose berrys are now ripe & abound in the River bottoms. 1 On the M. R. C. map, 2,263 miles. 2 Three mile...

Jun 15 1805

Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 15, 1805

...stance up the branch & killed 2 Deer, wild or choke cherrys Goose berrys & yallow currents abound in these bottoms, the afternoon verry warm we proceeded on passed r...

Jun 15 1805

Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 15, 1805

...n a point above, there is a great quantity of straw- berry, gooseberry and choak-cherry bushes ; and there appears to be a good deal of small cotton-wood on the bank...

Jun 25 1805

Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 25, 1805

...iew flowers in the plains. Great quanties of choke cherryes Goose berrys red & yallow berry, & red purple currents on the Edges of the water, we catch great quantiti...