During Lewis and Clark's expedition of the western part of the country, they wrote journal entries. Their missions on this expedition was to map out the land that Jefferson had just bought from France, and to explore what was in the new region.
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| Map of Lewis and Clark's expedition. |
June 26, 1804-William Clark (My Birthday)
After leaving their camp early, the group passed a river. They also killed a snake that was sunning itself and seven deer. The group camped above the Kansas River that day.
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| Rattle snake (top and middle) and a hog nose snake (bottom). |
July 30, 1804-Meriwether Lewis
On this day, the Corps of Discovery encountered a new animal which the French called a Braro. Lewis said that Joseph Fields killed the new animal and described its eyes as "small black and piercing."
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| A Braro aka Badger. |
October 17, 1804-William Clark
In this entry, Clark says that he walked the shore with the Ricara Chief and an interpreter who told him many stories. He mentions that he killed three deer that day an elk and that the men killed four deer. They observed goats and antelope.
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| An elk similar to one that Lewis and Clark might have seen. |
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