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February 19, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • these do not appear to differ essencially from those of our country being about the same size shape and appearance in every rispect except their great length of tail which is more than half as long again as our deer    I measured one of them which was 17 inches long. The Black tailed fallow deer are peculiar to this coast and are a distinct species of deer partaking equally of peculiarities of the mule deer and the common deer.   
  • they may be said generally to be a size larger than the common deer and that less than the mule deer. they are very seldom found in good order, or fat, even in the season which the common deer are so, and their flesh is inferior to any species of deer which I have evern seen.— The Columbian (Columbia River) white-tailed deer, perhaps a new subspecies.
  • Vertical lines run through much of this passage about the deer, perhaps drawn by Biddle (Biddle, Nicholas) . Columbian (Columbia River) black-tailed deer.
  • February 19, 1806
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
May 16, 1806 - Ordway, John
  • May    [three?] Deer.— month of June    [4th?] two deer    10th one deer      Commas flat 22nd          do    one Deer [23rd?]       do    one black bear and one deer July 1st two large bucks & [9?] does       2nd three Deer—       4th two Deer—       9th one Deer—       11th two deer—       12th three 3 beaver       13th two deer       14th three deer       15th one fat buck       [16th?]
  • Sheep [word illegible]    one beaver—       18th three deer—       23rd three buffaloe       26th one buffaloe & one brarow       27th one deer       28 two buffalo & one beaver [1?]
  • May 16, 1806
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  • Ordway, John
March 28, 1806 - Ordway, John
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • we Set out eairly and proceeded on to deer Island (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) at the Camp of our hunters.   
  • March 28, 1806
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  • Ordway, John
March 28, 1806 - Clark, William
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • those are two very distinct Species of Deer.    the Indians call this large Island E-lal-lar (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) , or Deer Island (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) which is a very appropriate name.   
  • The men we had been permitted to hunt this evening killed 3 deer 4 Eagles & a Duck.    the deer are remarkably pore. Some rain in the after part of the day.   
  • March 28, 1806
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
March 28, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • the Indians call this large Island E-lal-lar (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) or deer island (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) which is a very appropriate name.   
  • March 28, 1806
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
March 11, 1806 - Clark, William
  • Pryor (Pryor, Nathaniel Hale) had also procured a fiew and brought with him. The Deer of this Coust differ from the Common Deer, fallow Deer or Mule Deer as has beformentioned.
  • there are Several differences between the mule and common deer as well as in form as in habits.    they are fully a third larger in general, and the male is particularly large; think there is Somewhat greater disparity of Size between the Male and Female of this Species than there is between the male and female fallow Deer; I am Convinced I have Seen a Buck of this Species twice the volume a Buck of the Common Deer.   
  • The Leather winged bat is found &c. Columbian black-tailed deer. The "common deer" is Odocoileus virginianus, the white-tailed deer.
  • March 11, 1806
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  • Clark, William
May 30, 1804 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Ordway's (Ordway, John) Panther Creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) and Clark (Clark, William) and Gass's (Gass, Patrick) Grinestone Creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) , evidently Deer Creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) , Osage County (Osage County, Mo.) , Missouri (Missouri) .
  • May 30, 1804
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 30, 1804 - Floyd, Charles
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Floyd Wednesday may 〈30th 1804 wedneday    Set out after a verry har rain Last night    Rained all the with thunder and hail〉    wedsday 30th 1804    Set out 7 ock after a very hard Rain and thunder    it Rained During the Gratiest part of the day with hail    passed one Creek on the South Side Called Rush Creek (Greasy (Rest, Rush) Creek)    the Land is Low    Bottom but Rich Soil    3 miles to River on the N Side Colled Littel muddy River (Muddy Creek)    the Land is Some what Like the Loer, it comes in opset an Isld 2 miles to River on the South Side Colled painter River (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.))    it Comes in opset to Isd. in the midel of the missoura (Missouri River)    encamped South side at the mouth— Evidently Ordway's (Ordway, John) Panther Creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) , which is probably Deer Creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) , Osage County (Osage County, Mo.) , Missouri (Missouri) .
  • May 30, 1804
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  • Floyd, Charles
May 10, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • The hunters returned this evening having seen no tents or Indians nor any fresh sign of them; they killed two Mule deer, one common fallow or longtailed deer, 2 Buffaloe and 5 beaver, and saw several deer of the Mule kind of immence size, and also three of the Bighorned anamals.   
  • the contrary happens with the common deer    ther are several esscential differences between the Mule and common deer as well in form as in habits.   
  • the year and the tail of this anamal when compared with those of the common deer, so well comported with those of the mule when compared with the horse, that we have by way of distinction adapted the appellation of the mule deer which I think much more appropriate.   
  • May 10, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
May 10, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • the hunters killed 1 fat buffaloe 4 beaver and 3 Deer.    Some of them Saw Some mooce Deer which was much larger than the common deer.   
  • Friday May 10th    We had clear and pleasant weather, and set out at Sunrise, and proceeded on, when the wind rose from the North west, we went on about 4 Miles, and halted for the Wind to abate, it blowing fresh; the place that we halted at, was in a bottom covered with Timber, lying on the South side of the River, where the Beaver had cut down a considerable quantity of small Trees.—    Some of our party, went out to hunt, and one of them to fish, The wind rose considerably high, accompanied with Squalls of Rain.— The Man who went a fishing met with great success, and caught a number of fish, The hunters returned to us, having killed One buffalo, which was in good order, 3 deer and four beaver which they brought to us.—    The hunters mentioned that they had seen some Moose deer, which they said was 〈much〉 considerably larger than the common deer.   
  • It is probably a mistake for mule deer.
  • May 10, 1805
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 23, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • one of them a verry large black taild Deer.    they have no other way to kill their game but to run them down with their horses and tire them So that they can kill them.   
  • towards evening our hunter returned.    had killed 2 large deer and three Small ones and brought them all to Camp on the horse. Presumably the large deer are mule deer, while the small ones are western white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis.
  • August 23, 1805
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  • Ordway, John
May 10, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • the hunters killed a fat buffaloe 4 Beaver & 2 black tailed deer and one white taild deer.    they Saw Several moose deer which was much larger than the common deer and the first we have Seen    our officers Inspected the partys arms & ammuntion &.c.
  • Ordway (Ordway, John) must mean mule deer again, rather than the moose, but it is unclear why he says it was the first they had seen.
  • May 10, 1805
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  • Ordway, John
March 27, 1806 - Ordway, John
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • In the vicinity of Goble (Goble, Oreg.) , Columbia County (Columbia County, Oreg.) , Oregon (Oregon) , with the Kalama River (Kalama (Cath-la-haw's) River) on the opposite side in Cowlitz County (Cowlitz County, Wash.) , Washington (Washington) . Still Deer Island (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) , Columbia County (Columbia County, Oreg.) .
  • March 27, 1806
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  • Ordway, John
March 28, 1806 - Gass, Patrick
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • We set out early, and at 10 o'clock came to Deer island (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) ; where those who had gone ahead in the small canoes had encamped, and all gone out to hunt except one. In a short time a hunter returned with a large deer, and we concluded to stay here all day and repair two of our canoes, that leaked.
  • March 28, 1806
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  • Gass, Patrick
May 28, 1806 - Ordway, John
  • Deer Creek (Idaho)
  • Saw Several big horn animel or mountain Sheep and Saw 14 deer in this timbred country    Some Spots of Snow & falling timber.   
  • The camp would have been near the Lewis (Lewis County, Idaho) –Nez Perce (Nez Perce County, Idaho) county line, Idaho (Idaho) , above Deer Creek's (Deer Creek (Idaho)) entrance into the Salmon River (Salmon (Lewis's, Main Fork Lewis's, Southeast Fork of Columbia, West Fork Lewis's) River) .
  • May 28, 1806
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  • Ordway, John
May 30, 1804 - Ordway, John
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Some Grape vines Rushes &.C—    came about 14 miles    encamped at Grind Stone Creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) or Panther Cr. (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.))
  • May 30, 1804
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  • Ordway, John
May 30, 1804 - Gass, Patrick
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Now probably Deer Creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) , Osage County (Osage County, Mo.) .
  • May 30, 1804
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  • Gass, Patrick
August 13, 1805 - Gass, Patrick
  • Blacktail Deer (McNeal's) Creek
  • We went 16 miles and encamped in a beautiful plain on the South side. Blacktail Deer Creek (Blacktail Deer (McNeal's) Creek) , which they named McNeal's Creek (Blacktail Deer (McNeal's) Creek) after Hugh McNeal (McNeal, Hugh) of the party, reaches the Beaverhead River (Beaverhead (Jefferson) River) at Dillon (Dillon, Mont.) , Beaverhead County (Beaverhead County, Mont.) , Montana (Montana) .
  • August 13, 1805
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  • Gass, Patrick
September 17, 1804 - Ordway, John
  • .—    towards evening Capt Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) & party retarned    they had killed 13 common Deer. Some of them were handsome fauns—    2 Black tailed Deer which differ from the other Deer.    verry large ears    Scarce any hair on their tail    only the bunch of black hair on the end of a grayish colour    they are pleanty in this Country but not discribed in any other parts—    they killed another kind of Deer with Small horns & long tail. Gibson (Gibson, George) killed 1    its tail is 18 Inches long & differ also from any yet seen by the party.   
  • one Goat which differs also (plenty[)] & one curious Bird of a blackish & greenish coullour Black Bill & a verry long tail—    resembling a bird that we call a magpy—    the hunters inform us that the Country back of the hills and on the hills are level & Smooth but the Timber verry Scarce &.C.— Western white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis; see Clark's (Clark, William) entry for September 16.
  • September 17, 1804
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  • Ordway, John
September 16, 1804 - Clark, William
  • (Field, Reubin) [Reubin Field (Field, Reubin) ] joined us and informed "that the river as far as they were up had much the Appearance of the river about the mouth, but little timber and that chiefly elm, the up land 〈near〉 between this river & the White river (White River) is fine, Great numbers of Goat, Deer of three kinds, Buffalow, & wolves, & Barking Squrels, The fallow Deer, Cloudy, all day Cleaning out the boat examining & Drying the goods, & loading the Perogue, I killed 2 Deer    Capt Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) one & a Buffalow, one Buffalow & five other Deer Killed.
  • Clark (Clark, William) refers to the western white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis. Fallow deer is the name for the European species, Cervus dama, and used by the captains as a convenient word of differentiation without specific reference to the European animal. The captains were aware that this subspecies differed from the eastern white-tailed, O. virginianus, referred to as "common deer" by Clark (Clark, William) on September 17. The men continued to apply these terms to the two deer.
  • September 16, 1804
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  • Clark, William
September 17, 1804 - Gass, Patrick
  • Captain Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) and some men went out to hunt, and killed thirteen common, and two black-tailed deer three buffaloe and a goat. The wild goat in this country differ from the common tame goat, and is supposed to be the real antelope. The black-tailed, or mule deer have much larger ears than the common deer and tails almost without hair, except at the end, where there is a bunch of black hair. There is another species of deer in this country with small horns and long tails. The tail of one which we killed was 18 inches long.
  • September 17, 1804
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  • Gass, Patrick
May 18, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Clark (Clark, William) killed a fat deer.    we halted to dine and dry our Selves at a large bottom covered with timber on N.
  • this bottom is filled with buffaloe Elk Deer &c    one of the party killed 2 Elk.    another killed a beaver.   
  • This bottom is filled with buffalo, elk, deer & other game, Two of our party killed 2 Elk and One beaver, About 2 o'Clock P.
  • May 18, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
March 28, 1806 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Deer (E-lal-lar) Island
  • We set out early this morning & proceeded on our way to Deer Island (Deer (E-lal-lar) Island) at which place we arrived & halted at the Camp of our hunters.   
  • M. the hunters joined us.    They had killed 7 deer.    We hawled up our small Canoes on the Island, and repaired them.   
  • March 28, 1806
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 29, 1804 - Floyd, Charles
  • Bailey (Deer) Creek
  • Floyd Tuesday may 29th 1804    Rain Last night    Set out at 5 ock P m 〈[c]ame 3 miles encamped〉    Came 3 miles    pssed Deer Creek (Bailey (Deer) Creek) on the S. Side    encamped all Night Jest above on the South Side    on[e] man Lost hunting    French men Left for him
  • May 29, 1804
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  • Floyd, Charles
February 1, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • M. our Hunters came to the Fort, they had killed a number of Elk and Deer,—    One of our Men went out a small distance, and Shott a deer which he brought to the Fort, he then went out again and kill'd another Deer which he likewise brought into the Fort.
  • February 1, 1805
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 31, 1804 - Ordway, John
  • Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)
  • Ordway Thursday May 31st 1804, we lay at panther creek (Deer (Grindstone, Panther) Creek (Mo.)) on acct. of a hard wind from N. West    Several of the party out hunting in the later part of the day    Reuben Fields (Field, Reubin) killed a Deer. Several Frenchman Stayed with us last night,came down the R. with Peltry &C
  • May 31, 1804
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  • Ordway, John
September 8, 1804 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Drewyer (Drouillard, George) joined with the horses had killed 2 Elk a faun Deer and caught 2 large beaver    we passed an old Trading house on N.
  • Clark (Clark, William) walkd on Shore & killed a faun Deer 3 Turkies & a Squerrell. Saturday September 8th    This morning we had fine pleasant weather, One of our hunters came in, and brought the horses, he had with him & 2 Elk, & four deer which he had killed, and two large Beaver which he caught in a Trap.   
  • Captain Clark (Clark, William) , who had went out a hunting this Morning, returned in a short time, with the other hunters having kill'd 2 Buffalo, and One Deer, We passed several small Creeks, and encamped on the South side of the River in the Evening.—
  • September 8, 1804
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 29, 1804 - Gass, Patrick
  • Bailey (Deer) Creek
  • M. for the man, who had not come in, and then proceeded three miles, passed Deer creek (Bailey (Deer) Creek) on the south side, and encamped a short distance above it on the same side.
  • May 29, 1804
  • Journals
  • Gass, Patrick
August 13, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • Blacktail Deer (McNeal's) Creek
  • Saw bald eagles ducks &C.    we took on board a deer the hunters had killed. Came 15 miles this day and camped on the Smooth prarie on L.
  • the mountains appear near a head of us.— Probably Blacktail Deer Creek (Blacktail Deer (McNeal's) Creek) at Dillon (Dillon, Mont.) , Beaverhead County (Beaverhead County, Mont.) , Montana (Montana) .
  • August 13, 1805
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
September 17, 1804 - Clark, William
  • Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) returned at Dark, Colter (Colter, John) Killed a Goat like the one I killed and a curious kind of deer [WC: Mule Deer] of a Dark gray Colr. more so than common, hair long & fine, the ears large & long, a Small reseptical under the eyes; like an Elk, the Taile about the length of Common Deer, round (like a Cow) a tuft of black hair about the end, this Speces of Deer jumps like a goat or Sheep 8 fallow Deer 5 Common & 3 buffalow killed to day, Capt.
  • Clark (Clark, William) probably inserted the phrase "Mule Deer" later, when the captains had adopted that name for Odocoileus hemionus, based on its large ears.
  • September 17, 1804
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
September 17, 1804 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • they came in had killed 13 common Deer 2 black taild Deer 1 Goat & 3 Buffaloe    the Goats in this is different from the Goats in the States    they have much longer ears and courser hair.   
  • Dak.)) , and Early this morning, Captain Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) , and several of the party went out hunting, They returned in the afternoon, having killed 13 common deer, 2 black 〈Color'd〉 Tail'd deer, 8 Goats, and 3 Buffalo.    The Goats are not like those in the United States, they having much larger Ears & Coarser hair,—    One of our hunters returned in the Evening, having catch'd 1 Beaver in his Trap & killed a Priari Wolf, The Priari Wolfes are not so large as those in the United States, being very little bigger than a Fox.—
  • September 17, 1804
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 25, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • we loaded up our horses and loaded the Indian horses and proceeded on through the level plain.    our hunters killed 3 Deer.    passed a nomber of fine Springs and Spring runs.    Some willow on the creeks & runs but no timber of any acct. except pitch pine on the hills & tops of the mountains.    our hunters killed another Deer.    we came about 15 miles this Day and Camped near the creek or run Sunday August 25th    A clear morning with a light frost, we loaded our horses, & those hired from the Indians; and proceeded on through a level plain, Our hunters that we sent a head of us, had killed 3 deer, which they brought to us, We passed a number of fine springs & Spring runs, we saw no timber except some pitch pine trees, which were on the hills, & tops of mountains, and a few Willow Trees which grew on Creeks & Runs.    towards evening, our hunters killed another deer, which they brought to us.    We came about 15 Miles this day, & encamped near a large Creek or River
  • August 25, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
June 13, 1806 - Clark, William
  • Soon after they Set out all of our hunters returned each with a deer except Shields (Shields, John) who brought two in all 8 deer. Labeech (Labiche, François) and P. Crusatt (Cruzatte, Pierre) went out this morning killed a deer & reported that the buzzds. had eate up the deer in their absence after haveing butchered and hung it up.
  • June 13, 1806
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
May 29, 1804 - Ordway, John
  • Bailey (Deer) Creek
  • Ordway Tuesday May the 29th 1804, rain last night    Several men out hunting, &C—    we Set out from the Gasgonade River (Gasconade River) at 5 O.C. P. M. Come 3 miles    passed Deer Creek (Bailey (Deer) Creek) on the S. Side    encamped all night Jest above on the S Side    〈Some rain this night〉    one man Whitehouse (Whitehouse, Joseph) lost hunting    Frenchman's pearogue Std. for him Otherwise called the red pirogue.
  • May 29, 1804
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
June 30, 1806 - Ordway, John
  • Fields (Field, Reubin) killed a deer near the hot Springs in Scite of the Camp.    two hunters went on a head.    we Set out    proceed. on a muddy bad road down the creek & over bad hills &C    about noon we halted to dine 12th Sept last    Shields (Shields, John) killed a deer.    we dined and proceed. on    took the meat of a deer which the hunters had killed. Shields (Shields, John) killed another deer.    proceed. on to the bottoms or plains of travvellers rest creek (Lolo (Travelers' Rest) Creek (Mont.))   
  • June 30, 1806
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
May 29, 1804 - Clark, William
  • Bailey (Deer) Creek
  • Bailey (Deer) Creek
  • Bailey (Deer) Creek
  • May 29, 1804
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
September 6, 1804 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • the hunters killed 1 Buffalow one Elk 3 Deer one woolf 1 Deer & four Turkies.    Camped on N. S. Thursday Septemr 6th    We started early this morning, it being cloudy weather; We sent out our hunters, in the Evening they returned; but had not found Shannon (Shannon, George) , the Man who was Missing; they brought in with them, One Buffalo, One Elk, three deer, One Wolf & four Turkies, we encamped on the North side of the River.—
  • September 6, 1804
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 29, 1806 - Ordway, John
  • M. we Set out and procd. on    passed the hunters.    one of them had killed a deer.    we Still procd. on    about 3 P. M. we halted and killed Several buffaloe and deer, and procd. on untill evening and Camped on S. Side    our hunters came up    had killed Several more buffaloe & deer.    we Save all the buffaloe horns we can find to take to the States as they would make excelent kife and fork handles &C &C.—
  • August 29, 1806
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
June 23, 1804 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Only 3 miles    Incampd at the head of a Island namd. painter Island (Isle of Panthers)    the hunters Came In with two deer & One fish the[y] shot    Captn. Clark (Clark, William) Could not Get aboard the wind blew So Strong    G. Drewyr (Drouillard, George) went Out and Kill 2 deers and one Bare befor Night which made four deer and One bare Kill in all that day Saturday June 23rd    We embarked from the Fire Priari (Fire Prairie) at day light, and passed a Creek called painters Creek (Crooked (Panther, Tiger) River) , the wind arose and blew ahead of us, which render'd our towing the boat extreme difficult & fataigueing; we proceeded on only three Miles, and encamped at the head of an Island called Painters Island (Isle of Panthers) , the hunters came in to us, having two deer and one fish they had shot.    It blew so hard that Captain Clark (Clark, William) who was on shore could not come off to us.—    George Drewyer (Drouillard, George) , one of the hunters went out again, and killed two deer and one Bear; which he brought to us. "Painter" here means "panther," the mountain lion, but Clark (Clark, William) refers to passing Tiger River (Crooked (Panther, Tiger) River) , today's Crooked River (Crooked (Panther, Tiger) River) , Ray County (Ray County, Mo.) , Missouri (Missouri) , and the "Isle of Panthers" (Isle of Panthers) (Whitehouse's (Whitehouse, Joseph) "painter Island" (Isle of Panthers) ) on June 19.
  • June 23, 1804
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 14, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • about 10 oClock A. m. we came up to the hunters Camp.    they had killed 4 Deer & one antelope.    we proceeded on the current more rapid.    obledged to hale the large canoes over Sholes & rapids.   
  • Clark (Clark, William) killed a buck and one of the men killed a faun deer.    we Came [blank] miles and Camped on the L. Side at the foot of the Mountains, on the Smooth plain at the upper end of the valley.
  • M. we halted to dine, at a dry part of the plain, in a Grove of Cotton wood trees.—    We took on board our Canoes here, a deer & a Goat which the hunters had killed and hung on the limbs of trees.   
  • August 14, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 8, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • one of the hunters brought us a deer which he killed.    Saw a nomber of geese & ducks on the River.   
  • Fields (Field, Reubin) joined us had been hunting for Shannon (Shannon, George) but had not found him.    he had killed a deer & a goat &c.    one of the other hunters joined us had killed a deer & a goat also—    the day warm & pleasant, in this valley, which is 10 or 12 miles wide & all prarie.   
  • he had been hunting for Shannon (Shannon, George) , the Man that we had lost, but had not found him.    He had killed One deer & a Goat, One of our other hunters joined us also, he had also killed a deer & a Goat, all of which we took on board.   
  • August 8, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
June 24, 1804 - Clark, William
  • I joined the boat this morng at 8 oClock    (I will only remark that dureing the time I lay on the band [bank] waiting for the boat, a large Snake Swam to the bank imediately under the Deer which was hanging over the water, and no great distance from it, I threw chunks and drove this Snake off Several times. I found that he was So determined on getting to the meet I was Compelld to Kill him, the part of the Deer which attracted this Snake I think was the milk from the bag of the Doe.)
  • The Countrey on each Side of the river is fine interspersed with Praries, in which imence herds of Deer is Seen, on the banks of the river we observe numbers of Deer watering and feeing on the young willow, Several Killed to day Course & Distance June 24th N. 80° E   ¼ me. on the Larboard Side N. 55 E   ¼ me. on [other?]
  • June 24, 1804
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
June 24, 1804 - Ordway, John
  • Gege Drewyer (Drouillard, George) killed 2 Deer [several words illegible, crossed out] and R. Fields (Field, Reubin) killed one Deer while we Stoped.   
  • Capt Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) killed a Deer & Turkey    we Camped on the South Side of the River. Collins (Collins, John) killed 3 Deer in the course of this Day.
  • June 24, 1804
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
February 19, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • about 9 oClock we Set off & proceeded on verry well a fiew miles    Saw a Deer hanging up at the edge of the River which the hunters had killed.    we took it on the Sled and proceeded on about 8 miles    halted    took dinner on a broiled Deer, went on about 4 miles further and camped at a timbered bottom S. Side where the hunters joined us    had killed in all Six Deer & one Elk which we got them all.
  • February 19, 1805
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
October 18, 1804 - Clark, William
  • S. passing over a Sand bar   13   ☞ The ricara (Arikara Indians) Indians inform us that they find no black tail Deer as high up as this place, those we find are of the fallow Deer Kind ☞ The Ricarei (Arikara Indians) are not fond of Spiritous liquers, nor do they apper to be fond of receiveing any or thank full for it [NB: they say we are no friends or we would not give them what makes them fools.]
  • Wood (JE); MRC map 48; MRY map 130. The black tail deer is the mule deer and the fallow deer is the white-tailed deer. See note at September 16, 1804. The mule deer was not so limited in range as Clark (Clark, William) suggests.
  • October 18, 1804
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
August 28, 1806 - Clark, William
  • a Short distance below on the S W Side Sent out Reubin (Field, Reubin) & Joseph Feild (Field, Joseph) to hunt for the Mule deer or the antilope neither of which we have either the Skins or Scellitens of, we derected those two men to proceed on down to the places we encamped the 16th & 17th of Septr. 1804 and which place the party had called pleasant Camp from the great abundance of Game Such as Buffalow Elk, antilopes, Blacktail or mule deer, fallow deer, common deer wolves barking Squirels, Turkies and a variety of other animals, aded to which there was a great abundance of the most delicious plumbs and grapes.   
  • M Drewyer (Drouillard, George) and Labeech (Labiche, François) arived, the latter haveing killd. a Deer of the Common Speceis only.    in the evening late all the hunters returned without any Speces of animal we were in want of, they killed 4 Common deer and two buffalow a part of the best of the meat of those animals they brought in.   
  • as we Could not precere any Mule deer or antelope we concluded to Send the hunters on a head early in the morning and delay untill 10 A.
  • August 28, 1806
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
September 16, 1804 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • I went out a hunting and Several more of the party, thier was a nomber of buffaloe Elk Deer Goats & one magpy killed this day.    Sergt. Gass (Gass, Patrick) & R. Fields (Field, Reubin) returned.    had killed 3 Deer— Sunday Septemr 16    We set off early this morning, and proceeded on 4 Miles, and encamp'd at a beautiful bottom cover'd thinly with Timber; which we named pleasant Camp.    I went with several of our party out a hunting, We saw large numbers of Buffalo, Elk deer & Goats, but they were very Shy.—    One of the party Shot a buffalo, which we got.—    The party that had went to View White River (White River) , also brought in 3 Deer that they had killed On September 17, Clark (Clark, William) called it "Plumb Camp (Pleasant (Plum) Camp (S.
  • September 16, 1804
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 23, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Several of the natives went out with horses to hunt.    they rode after the Deer & chased Some in site of our Camp and ran them down So that they killed 4 or 5 of them.   
  • our hunter returned in the evening had killed 2 large Deer and three Small Deer and brought them all to Camp on the horse Friday August 23rd    A Clear pleasant morning, 2 of our Men were sent out a hunting, Captain Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) commenced trading with the last party of Indians for some of their horses, but they seemed not inclined to part with 〈any more of their horses〉 any of them, untill they got over the Mountains, but agreed to carry our baggage, over the Mountains, for us on them 〈for us〉.— The Indians that came last to our Camp, went out a hunting on horse back, They drove a Gang of deer in sight of our Camp, ran Some them down with their horses & killed 5 of them.   
  • Our hunters returned in the evening, & had killed 2 large deer & 3 Small ones which they brought to our Camp on their horses.—
  • August 23, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 31, 1804 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Fields (Field, Reubin) killed a deer. Thursday May 31st    This morning being fair, we started early as usual, and proceeded on, we were met by a pettyauger having on board a french Man and two Indians; she was loaded with beaver Skins and peltry.—    The wind blowing hard we came too.    one of our Men named Reubin Fields (Field, Reubin) killed a deer, we encamped here this evening.— All the other journal keepers indicate that the party remained in camp this day because of high winds. It is hard to account for this discrepancy if Whitehouse (Whitehouse, Joseph) was actually keeping this journal at the time. Probably white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus.
  • May 31, 1804
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
June 23, 1804 - Floyd, Charles
  • armes and amunition 〈examend〉 enspcted    all in Good order    Capt Clark (Clark, William) went hunting    Did not Return Last night 〈ouer Hunters Killed 2 Deer    encamped on an Isld. Sunday June 24th    Set out    day Clear    wind from〉 [WC: we continued on this Island all Day & night] but Returnd erley in the morning    Killed one Deer    ouer Hunter Killed one Bear 4 Deer.   
  • June 23, 1804
  • Journals
  • Floyd, Charles

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