West Bend State Rec. Area, SD The boats continue thirty miles around the bend at present-day Lower Brule. Clark finds the portage is only 2000 yards long. The first female pronghorn is brought in and preserved as a specimen.
The Grand Detour
View southeast
(The river flows counterclockwise around the oxbow.)
© 2000 Airphoto—Jim Wark.
Le Grand Detour[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
Portage of the Grand Bend
I went out to examine the portage which I found quit Short 2000 yards only, the Prarie below & Sides of the hills containing great quantites of the Prickly Piar which nearly ruind my feet
—William Clark
Female Pronghorn Specimen
She Differs from the mail as to Size being Smaller, with Small Horns, Stright with a Small prong without any black about the neck—
None of those Goats [pronghorns] has any Beard, they are all Keenly made, and is butifull
—William ClarkWe Saved the Skins of the Goats and the Bones in order to Send back to the States next Spring—
—John Ordway
Mineral Specimen
observed a clift of black porus rock which resembled Lava tho’ on a closer examination I believe it to be calcarious and an imperfect species of the French burr— preserved a specemine
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
Thermot. at rise
Weather Wind at thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC. P.M 51 above fair S. E. 70 above fair S. E the antelope [pronghorn] is now ruting, the swallow has disappeared 12 days
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.
The Big Bend of the Missouri is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is open to the public and managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
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. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
