Wild Turkey

Jun 19 1804

Missouri River near Boonville area — John Ordway: June 19, 1804

... encounter with a snake which made "Goubeling noises like a turkey." Snake Creek is identified by Cones with modern YYakcnda Creek in Carroll County. a Whitehouse spe...

Jun 21 1804

Missouri River near Boonville area — John Ordway: June 21, 1804

...yer killed one Deer & him & me brought it to the River, one Turkey likewise, we encamped on the South Side of the River, low land on S. Side high land on the N. Side.

Jun 24 1804

Missouri River near Arrow Rock — John Ordway: June 24, 1804

...eek3 a prarie on the South Side. Cap1 Lewis killed a Deer & Turkey we Camped on the South Side of the River. Collins killed 3 Deer in the course of this Day.

Jul 2 1804

Missouri River near Leavenworth area — John Ordway: July 2, 1804

...er, we passed a creek on the South Side called Tur- quie or Turkey Creek,1 we Delayed at 12 O.C. for to put up a Temperary mast as the wind was fair, we passed a prar...

Jul 4 1804

John Ordway: July 4, 1804

... of passing (1) "Turquie Creike" on the south side, and (2) Turkey Creek on the same side. The first is evidently the "parques or fence creek" of Ordway, and the seco...

Jul 25 1804

Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — John Ordway: July 25, 1804

...hunting buffelow. Collins killed 2 Deer J° Fields killed 1 Turkey to day.

Jul 26 1804

Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — John Ordway: July 26, 1804

hunting. G. Drewyer killed 2 Deer & one Turkey, the Party Generally bussy dressing Skins all the latter part of the day the wind blew hard from th...

Aug 7 1804

Missouri River near Soldier River — Patrick Gass: August 7, 1804

...arke and one of the men went out to hunt and killed a small turkey. We encamped on the south side, where we found the mus- quetoes very troublesome.

Aug 9 1804

Missouri River near Soldier River — Patrick Gass: August 9, 1804

...arke and one of the men went out to hunt and killed a small turkey. We encamped on the south side, where we found the mus- quetoes very troublesome.

Sep 4 1804

Missouri River near Niobrara River — John Ordway: September 4, 1804

...ern Nebraska. 126 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Sept. 5 Turkey & one duck; we Camped on the South Side in a ceeder Bottom back of which are Steep Cliffs covered w...

Sep 5 1804

Clark: September 5, 1804

...t, we Set up a jury mast & Sailed, I saw a large gangue of Turkeys, also Grous Seen Passed a large Island of about 3 miles long in the Middle of the river opposit t...

Sep 17 1804

Lewis: September 17, 1804

...intered with the Chien Indians About the size of the common wild turkey the plumage perfectly whitethis bird is booted as low as the toes-

Oct 17 1805

Clark: October 17, 1805

...n numberI killed a Fowl of the Pheasent kind as large as a turkey. The length from his Beeck to the end of its tail 2 feet 63/4 Inches, from the extremity of its w...

Oct 17 1805

Columbia River near Wallula Gap — Patrick Gass: October 17, 1805

...s and a number of fowls, between the size of a pheasant and turkey, called heath hens or grous. We killed a great many of these fowls which are very good eating. The ...

Nov 18 1805

John Ordway: November 18, 1805

...two Rivers in sd bay. one of the party killed a verry large turkey buzzard2 which had white under its wings, and was nine feet from the points of the wings, and 3 fee...