Mountain Beaver

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...

May 28 1805

Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: May 28, 1805

... the opposite Shore. we Saw a gang of Elk in this bottom, & beaver Signs [along] the Shores. a large bottom on the S. Side. we found an Indians (?) foot ball floating...

Jul 1 1805

Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: July 1, 1805

...w Several Springs along the Shores. one of the men killed a beaver. the pine and ceeder timber pleanty along the Shores. passed clifts of rocks on each Side but the h...

Jul 23 1805

Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: July 23, 1805

...ber con- tinues on the Island [s] and along the Shores, the beaver pleanty. the pine timber continues on the Sides of the hills at Some distance from the River, our h...

Jul 24 1805

Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: July 24, 1805

... on the N. S. the prickley pear abound on it. Saw otter and beaver in great abundence. the willow verry thick on the Islands and along the Shores, the Currents still ...

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...