Day-by-Day / September 9, 1804

September 9, 1804

Gangs of buffalo

Approaching present Whetstone Bay in South Dakota, progress is slowed by countless sandbars. Clark and York hunt for pronghorn and mule deer but find none. Instead, Clark directs York to kill one of the numerous bison feeding on the plains. Pvt. Shannon is still missing.

Four Buffalo Killed

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

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

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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