Day-by-Day / March 5, 1805

March 5, 1805

Echinacea specimens

Fort Mandan, ND Work making charcoal, dugout canoes, leather rope, and clothes continues. One French man passes by with letters for trader Pierre-Antoine Tabeau who is with the Arikaras.

Nothing Extraordinary

clear and pleasant. the men at work making coal &.C. a light Squawl of Snow fell about 4 oClock this morning. nothing extroardinary.
John Ordway

Passing Letters

one frenchman cross to join a Indian the two pass through by Land to the Ricaras with a Letter to Mr. Tabbow [Pierre-Antoine Tabeau]
—William Clark

Echinacea Specimen

Fort Mandan March 5, 1805

This specimen of a plant common to the praries in this quarter was presented by Mr. Hugh heney a gentleman of rispectability and information who has resided many years among the natives of this country . . . . [H]e had used the root of this plant frequently with the most happy effect in cases of the bite of the mad wolf or dog and also for the bite of the rattle snake.

. . . .

I have herewith a few pound of this root, in order that experiments may be by some skilfull person under the direction of the pilosophical society of Philadelphia. I have the honor to be with much rispect Your Obt. Servt.

MERIWETHER LEWIS.[1]Lewis to Jefferson. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed., (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 220.

 

Weather Diary

State of Ther. at sun symbol rise Weather wind at sun symbol rise State of Thermt. at 4 OClock Weather at 4 Ock Wind at 4 OClock State of the River
22 [above 0] fair E 40 [above 0] fair N W  

Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column and spelled out some abbreviations.

Notes

Notes
1 Lewis to Jefferson. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed., (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 220.
2 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column and spelled out some abbreviations.

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