At the Clearwater River Canoe Camp near present Orofino, Idaho, work parties chop down five large ponderosa pine trees and canoe-building begins. Pvt. Colter returns having found one of the two horses lost on the Northern Nez Perce Trail. Lewis adds the cut-leaved daisy to his plant collection.
Canoe-building Begins, Sort Of
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
Ponderosa Pine
Clearwater Canoe Camp, Nez Perce National Historic Park
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Canoe-building Begins
a fair morning the party divided into five differeent parties and went at falling five pitch pine trees for 5 canoes, all near our Encampment.
—John Ordway
Sick Men
all the men able to work comened building 5 Canoes, Several taken Sick at work, our hunters returned Sick without meet.
—William Clark
Colter Returns
J. Colter returned he found only one of the lost horses, on his way killed a deer, half of which he gave the Indians the other proved nourishing to the Sick
—William Clark
Cut-leaved Daisy
Erigeron compositus
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Cut-leaved Daisy Specimen
Erigon compositum Kooskoosky.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]Erigeron compositus. Moulton, ed. Herbarium, specimen 62.
Weather Diary
Weather at rise
Wind at Weather at 4 P.M. Wind at 4 P.M. fair E fair S W. Several Indians visit us in from below. Set about building 5 canoes. day very warm
—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column and spelled out some abbreviations.
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 | Erigeron compositus. Moulton, ed. Herbarium, specimen 62. |
| ↑3 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
