Day-by-Day / June 7, 1806

June 7, 1806

New ropes and bags

In anticipation of moving from Long Camp to the Weippe Prairie, five men cross the Clearwater River to buy ropes and bags. Nez Perce Chief Red Grizzly Bear gives Pvt. Frazer, who has learned their language, a horse, and Lewis describes the bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata).

Trading for String

by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading

New Ropes and Bags

Sergt. Gass, McNeal, Whitehouse and Goodrich accompanyed them with a view to procure some pack or lash ropes in exchange for parts of an old sain, fish giggs, peices of old iron, old files and some bullets. they were also directed to procure some bags for the purpose of containing our roots & bread.
Meriwether Lewis

Preparing to Leave

our party are much engaged in preparing their saddles arranging their loads provisions &c for our departure.
—Meriwether Lewis

Frazer’s Gifts

Some of the natives again came to visit us, one of whom gave a horse to one of our men [Robert Frazer], who is very fond of conversing with them and of learning their language.
Patrick Gass

Hohâstillpilp passed the river today and brought over a horse which he gave Frazier one of our party who had previously made him a present of a pair of Cannadian shoes or shoe-packs.
—Meriwether Lewis

Saving Weippe Prairie

Drewyer set out on a hunting excurtion up Collins’s Creek this evening. we wish to leave the deer in the neighbourhood of the quawmash plains [Weippe Prairie] undisturbed untill the 10th when we intend removing thither to lay in some meat for our voyage over the Mountains.
—Meriwether Lewis

 

The Bitter Cherry

There is a speceis of cherry which grows in this neighbourhood in sitations like the Choke cherry or near the little rivulets and wartercouses . . . . the stone is begining to be hard and is in shape somewhat like that of the plumb
—Meriwether Lewis

 

Weather Diary

State of the weather at sun symbol rise Wind at sun symbol rise State of the weather at 4 P.M. Wind at 4 P.M. State of the Kooskooskee at sun symbol rise
cloudy after rain N W cloudy after fair, rain, & hail N W fallen 3 in.

rain but slight both last evening and today. but little hail tho’ large. The river fell three inches last night and 7 yesterday. The goose berries fully grown also the servis berry.
—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is not presented, the river columns have been merged, and some abbreviations have been spelled out.

 

Notes

Notes
1 Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio.
2 http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/nepe/exb/legendTimes/BIHO27_Bag.html accessed on 1 December 2010.
3 To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is not presented, the river columns have been merged, and some abbreviations have been spelled out.

Discover More

  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.