Young Jean Baptiste‘s abcess worsens, and an enema is added to his medical treatments. The captains give some Nez Perce directions on how to sweat their old chief including the use of horse mint tea. Silas Goodrich is told of “remarkably fat and fine” salmon brought to Long Camp from the Snake River. Lewis takes celestial observations.
Sweating It Out
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
Nez Perce Sweat Lodge
Provided by National Park Service, Nez Perce National Historic Park, NEPE-0740.
Baby Charbonneau Worsens
the Child [Jean Baptiste Charbonneau] is more unwell than yesterday. we gave it a doze of creem of tartar which did not operate, we therefore gave it a clyster in the evening.
Meriwether Lewis
Sweating the Old Chief
we informed the indians that we knew of no releif for him except sweating him in their sweat houses and giving him a plenty of the tea of the horsemint which we shewed them. and that this would probably nos succeed as he had been so long in his present situation. I am confident that this would be an excellent subject for electricity and much regret that I have it not in my power to supply it.—
—Meriwether Lewis
Remarkably Fat and Fine
[Goodrich] procured but few roots, he informed us that there were but 8 persons at home; the others were either hunting, diging roots or fishing on Lewis’s river. he saw several salmon in their lodges which they informed him came from that river these fish were remarkably fat and fine.
—Meriwether Lewis
Celestial Observations
Point of observation No. 56
May 25th 1806.
At our camp on the N. E. side of the Kooskooske [Clearwater] river.
Observed equal altitudes of the sun with Sextant.
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
State of the Weather at rise
Wind at State of the Weather at 4 P.M. Wind at 4 P.M. State of the Kooskooskee cloudy after rain & thunder N W fair N W raised 9 ½ in. rained moderately the greater part of last night and untill a little before sunrise. Thunder
—Meriwether Lewis[2]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
| ↑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 of this web page, the date column is not presented, the river columns have been merged, and some abbreviations have been spelled out. |
