Day-by-Day / December 2, 1805

December 2, 1805

First Pacific elk killed

Tongue Point, Astoria, OR J. Field brings in marrow bones from their first Pacific elk killed. Clark and several men are ill. Lewis is looking for a place for winter camp.

Finally! Meat on the Table[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

Hunting and Fishing

Cloudy with Some rain this morning I Send out three men to hunt & 2 & my man york in a Canoe up the Ke-ke-mar-que Creek in Serch of fish and fowl—
William Clark

“Lax and Gripeing”

I feel verry unwell, and have entirely lost my appetite for the Dried pounded fish which is in fact the cause of my disorder at present— The men are generally Complaining of a lax and gripeing—
—William Clark

First Pacific Elk

In the evening Joseph Field came in with the Marrow bones of a elk which he killed at 6 miles distant, this welcome news to us . . . . this is the first Elk which has been killd. on this Side of the rockey mountains— Jo Fields givs me an account of a great deel of Elk Sign & Says he Saw 2 Gangs of those Animals in his rout
—William Clark

 

Weather Diary

Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather
2nd S W. cloudy after rain

rained all the last night and untill meridian   cloudy the remainder of the day
Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.

 

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 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.

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.