Racoon grape

May 30 1804

Missouri River near Gasconade River — John Ordway: May 30, 1804

...er is Cottonwood Secamore hickery & white walnut &. C. Some Grape vines Rushes &. C. came about 14 miles encamped at Grind Stone Creek or Panther Cr.

May 30 1804

Missouri River near Gasconade River — Patrick Gass: May 30, 1804

...n wood, sycamore, oak, hickory, and white walnut; with some grape vines, and an abundance of rushes. We halted and encamped at Grind- stone creek on the south side o...

Jun 10 1804

Missouri River near Jefferson City area — John Ordway: June 10, 1804

... mulberys Ripe on them. The timber is walnut hickery ash &c Grape vines run over the trees &. C. at 10 oc we passed Deer Creek7 on 1 Modern Maniteau Creek, which emp...

Jul 13 1804

Missouri River near Platte River mouth — John Ordway: July 13, 1804

...autiful below some high hills, containing an amence Site of Grapes, wild Rye &.C. Cap* Clark killed 2 Goslins, Drewyer 2 also, the wind favourable from the South, th...

Jul 15 1804

Missouri River near Platte River mouth — John Ordway: July 15, 1804

... on the North Side & killed a Deer, we found plenty of ripe grapes along the Bottoms.

Jul 15 1804

Missouri River near Platte River mouth — Patrick Gass: July 15, 1804

creek on the south side; and gathered some ripe grapes. There is high land and prairies on this side. Captain Clarke and two men went by land. At the hea...

Jul 24 1804

Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — John Ordway: July 24, 1804

...king ores for the Boat, we found a Great quan- tity of Ripe Grapes at this place.

Sep 1 1804

Calumet Bluff, meeting with Yankton Sioux — Joseph Whitehouse: September 1, 1804

...bledged to lay too at a high prarie where we found plumbs & Grapes a pleanty.

Sep 2 1804

Missouri River near Niobrara River — John Ordway: September 2, 1804

...e found plumb or- chads on a Spring run & an amence Site of Grapes as before, we Scarcely passed a day as yet on the Missouri, in the time or Season 1 Near the easte...

Sep 11 1804

Missouri River near White River — Joseph Whitehouse: September 11, 1804

...d been absent 16 days and 12 of them he had eat nothing but Grapes. the reason was his balls ran Short. the hills commenced close on both Sides of the river. Cap: Cl...

Sep 11 1804

Missouri River near White River — John Ordway: September 11, 1804

...s with out any thing to eat for about 12 days except a fiew Grapes, he had left one of the horses behind, as he Gave out, only one horse with him he had gave up the ...

Sep 11 1804

Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 11, 1804

...ets being ex- pended, he subsisted 12 days almost wholly on grapes. The hills here come close to the river on both sides. One of the men went by land with the horse,...

Sep 13 1804

Missouri River near White River — John Ordway: September 13, 1804

.... S. & a Bottom prarie. Some part covered with Timber [and] Grape vines covered with ripe grapes. pasd a black Bluff on S. S. & Broken hills & a run of allum & coppe...

Sep 15 1804

Missouri River near White River — John Ordway: September 15, 1804

...mber red ceeder & cottonwood and covered all over with fine Grapes. Cap* Clark killed a Rabbit named the Isd Rabit Island, we pro- ceeded on till night with a head w...

Sep 16 1804

Missouri River near White River — John Ordway: September 16, 1804

...as "the place that Shannon the man who went a head lived on grapes." 4 Still so called. It flows in a due easterly direction to the Missouri, drain- ing much of west...