On This Day in Lewis & Clark History

February 1, 1804

Small glass bottles of 19th-century medicines

"am verry Sick"

"am verry Sick" Despite being "verry Sick" Clark rides a horse 6 miles from winter camp at Wood River, Illinois. Both John Hay and John Hays continue their visit, and the goods are put out to air in the dry breezes.

February 1, 1805

Pacifying Seeing Snake

Pacifying Seeing Snake An Hidatsa chief brings in corn as payment to the blacksmiths for making a war axe. The captains try to talk him out of his intention to fight the Sioux and Arikara.

February 1, 1806

Inspecting Ammunition

Inspecting Ammunition While wintering at Fort Clatsop (Astoria, Oregon), the lead canisters are unsealed and the gunpowder they hold is found to be safe and dry. The captains describe coastal Indian canoes and paddles.

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Algonquian-speaking Peoples of the Expedition

Dozens of teepees and Indians next to the river

Atsina
Two horses, one with a pole travois, ready for a full-dress parade

Blackfoot
A warrior with painted face and head covered with hawk feathers

Cheyenne
He holds an 'I' shaped stick

Kickapoo
Indian wearing white fur robe and colorful turban

Lenape Delaware
An Indian with hair in a roach, smoking a pipe, and covered with body art

Illinois Tribes
Ten portraits of Native Americans in both traditional and modern dress

Potawatomi
Two Mississipian Indians in profile

Sauk and Fox
Indian with large earrings holding a bow

Shawnee
 

From We Proceeded On

The best of the quarterly journal of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

Magazine cover showing lewis picking plants at Packer Meadows

New! Blackfeet Confederacy and American Trappers, 1806–1840 by Jay H. Buckley

Today's selection:

Birdwatcher's Guide to Lewis and Clark
—Virginia Holmberg
The Sandy River
—John W. Jengo
Eighteen St. Louis Toasts
—James P. Ronda
A Submerged Forest
—John W. Jengo
Pomp's Bier Was a Bar
—Joseph Mussulman
Mineralogical Scientists
—John W. Jengo
Sugaring at Camp Dubois
—Patricia B. Hastings
Cliffs of White Earth
—John W. Jengo

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Cooking with Lewis & Clark

A recipe for boudin blanc
Boudin Blanc
Charbonneau's special dish

Jerusalem Artichoke
Naming, growing, cooking, eating
Red berries surround a small thorn
Buffaloberry Tarts
A delightful recipe
Dark gelatin-like pieces of soup
Portable Soup
Nutritional analysis and recipe
A modern stew with 12 suet dumplings
Lewis's Suet Dumplings
Lewis's special treat, recipe included
Strips of meat hanging on a string
Making Jerky
Preserving meat without refrigeration
Three white-ish candles and a candle mold
Making Candles
Making candles from tallow
A greasy roll of dried meat and berries
Making Pemmican
A food that travels long distances

Of Recent Interest

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Journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983-2001).

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