Mammal

Mountain Goat

Oreamnos americanus
Mammal Fort Clatsop, Oregon (described from Native accounts and trade goods) New to Western Science
Mountain Goat

Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0

Common Names
White Buffalo / Mountain Sheep
Habitat
Lemhi area
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1806-02-22
Observed At
Fort Clatsop, Oregon (described from Native accounts and trade goods)

Known only from skins and native reports until Clark “saw one at a distance.” Lewis described while at Fort Clatsop.

Journal References

15 journal entries mention Mountain Goat

Sep 5 1804
Missouri River near Niobrara River — Patrick Gass: September 5, 1804
...t three miles higher up, on the north side, a creek, called Goat creek. On the hills above this creek we saw some goats or antelopes, which the French called cabres...
Sep 14 1804
Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 14, 1804
...came to us here; had killed a hare. Captain Clarke killed a goat or antelope.
Sep 17 1804
Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 17, 1804
...teen common and two black-tailed deer, three buffaloe and a goat. The wild goat in this country differ from the common tame goat, and is supposed to be the real ant...
Sep 20 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 20, 1804
...ain Clarke and the other man joined us. They had killed two goats and two deer. At 1 o'clock at night, the bank where we were stationed began to fall so much, that ...
Oct 18 1804
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — Patrick Gass: October 18, 1804
...e, and all the hunters came in having killed six deer, four goats and a pelican.
Feb 25 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 25, 1805
...near the horns 3 and its ears are shorter than those of the goat: it alsore-— Y veer les the Ram in its horns, and im all the particular eons “a tours of its fo...
Apr 7 1805
John Ordway: April 7, 1805
... to go back to the States also Some curious animals such as Goat Skins & horns, a barking Squerrell Some Mountain Rams horns a prarie hen & badgers Some birds caule...
Apr 15 1805
Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 15, 1805
...n very well. Passed a large creek on the North side, called Goat-pen creek. We saw a number of buffaloe and two bears on the bank of the river. After going 23 miles...
May 20 1805
Missouri River near Musselshell River — John Ordway: May 20, 1805
as usal. one of the hunters or trapers caught a large beaver last night, about nine o. Clock A.M. we passed the mouth of a...
May 26 1805
Patrick Gass: May 26, 1805
... We passed two creeks this fore- * «The Ibex resembles the goat in the shape of its body : but differs in the horns which are much larger. ‘They are bent backwar...
May 27 1805
Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains — Patrick Gass: May 27, 1805
...near the horns ; and its ears are shorter than those of the goat: it also resembles the Ram in its horns, and in all the particular contours of its form. The horns ...
Jun 26 1805
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 26, 1805
...at sun rise and proceeded on. the current Swift, we found a goat or antelopes Skin which Cap* Clark killed and left for us. we passed a redish clift of rocks on Sta...
Jun 29 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 29, 1805
... usal and proceeded on. the current verry rapid. we found a goat Skin which Cap! Clarks party had killed and left on Shore. passed a yal- low or redish clift of roc...
Jun 30 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 30, 1805
...te bear on an Island. Saw a nomber of otter. Saw a flock of goats or antelopes one of the hunters killed one of them. we Saw a Camp where Cap! Clark had Stayed one ...
Jul 24 1805
Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: July 24, 1805
... usal and proceeded on. the current verry rapid, we found a goat Skin which Cap! Clarks party had killed and left on Shore, passed a yal- low or redish clift of roc...

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