Below Whetstone Bay, SD Clark and York walk the shore. They see hundreds of buffalo throughout the day, and Clark directs York to kill one.
Buffalo Bulls in a Wallow, 1837-1839
George Catlin (1796-1872)
Oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.425
Four Buffalo Killed[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
Several Gangs of Buffalo
I saw at one view near the river at least 500 Buffalow, those animals have been in view all day feeding in the Plains on the L. S. every Copse of timber appear to have Elk or Deer.
—William Clark
Numerous Sandbars
the Sand bars So noumerous, it is not worth mentioning them, the river Shoal or Shallow wind S E Came too and Camped on a Sand bar
—William Clark
Hunting
Y.—k [York] killed a buffalow near the Boat by the derections of the master, Capt Lewis wint out with R Fields & each killed a buffalo . . . . Capt. Clark did not get a Goat [pronghorn] or a black taile deer [mule deer] the objects of his pursuite. river fallinge.
—Joseph Whitehouse
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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