Day-by-Day / September 11, 1806

September 11, 1806

Hunting on the Nodaway

With their supply of meat spoiled, the expedition must stop above the Nodaway River to hunt. They get two deer only, but they find out that the pawpaw fruits are nearly ripe. Clark compares coyote barks with that of the common small cur dog.

The Wandering Nodaway River

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

Pawpaws Nearly Ripe

found pappaws and grapes in this bottom which is covred with cotten Honey Locus Seckamore timber &C. the rushes thick. Drewyer killed a large deer. we then procd. on. one of the hunters killed a deer from his canoe.
John Ordway

Hunting on the Nodaway

we halted a little above the Nadawa river on the S. Side of the Missouri to kill Some meat that which we killed a fiew days past being all Spoiled. Sent out 6 hunters they killed and brought in two Deer only
William Clark

Evening Camp

we proceeded on a fiew miles below the Nadawa Island and encamped on a Small Isld. near the N. E. Side, haveing Came 40 Miles only to day, river rapid and in maney places Crouded with Snag’s.
—William Clark

 

Barking Coyotes

the barking of the little prarie wolves [coyotes] resembled those of our Common Small Dogs . . . . the barking of those little wolves I have frequently taken notice of on this as also the other Side of the Rocky mountains, and their Bark so much resembles or Sounds to me like our Common Small Cur dogs that I have frequently mistaken them for that Speces of dog—
—William Clark

Weather Diary

State of the weather at Sun rise Course of the wind at Sun rise State of the weather at 4 oClock Course of wind at 4 P. M
cloudy after rain S. E. cloudy S E

a Slight Shower of rain a little before day light this morning
—William Clark[2]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is not presented and some abbreviations have been spelled out.

 

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 of this web page, the date column is not presented and some abbreviations have been spelled out.

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