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February 25, 1805 - Clark, William
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • Clark 25th of February Monday 1805 we fixed a Windlass and Drew up the two Perogues on the upper bank and attempted the Boat, but the Roap which we hade made of Elk Skins proved too weak & broke Several times night Comeing on obliged us to leave her in a Situation but little advanced—    we were Visited by the Black mockerson (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)) Chief of the little Village of Big Bellies (Hidatsa Indians) , the Cheif of the Shoe (Hidatsa Indians, Awaxawi) Inds and a number of others    those Chiefs gave us Some meat which they packed on their wives, and one requested a ax to be made for hies Sun, Mr.
  • February 25, 1805
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
February 13, 1806 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • the Men at the fort were employed making of Moccasins & mending their Cloathing &ca.
  • February 13, 1806
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 24, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • Moccasin Mountains
  • Judith Mountains (Judith (South) Mountains) , possibly including Moccasin Mountains (Moccasin Mountains) .
  • May 24, 1805
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
February 14, 1806 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • .—    The Men at the fort were employed in repairing the Carpenters Tools, making Moccasins & dressing Elk & Deer Skins.—
  • February 14, 1806
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
October 29, 1804 - Clark, William
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • October 29, 1804
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
January 9, 1806 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • the Men in the fort were employed mending their Clothes, airing the baggage, making moccasins dressing Skins &ca.—
  • January 9, 1806
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
February 9, 1806 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Whitehouse Sunday Febry 9th    We had small showers of rain during this day, six of our party were employed in Jerking the Elk meat, and two were sent out to hunt, the remainder of our party, were employ'd at the fort, making Cloathing, moccasins & dressing Elk Skins.—
  • February 9, 1806
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
January 26, 1806 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • The Men in the fort were all employed 〈at the Fort〉 in dressing leather, making Moccasins &ca.—
  • January 26, 1806
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
January 14, 1806 - Gass, Patrick
  • Gass (Gass, Patrick) means that the Indians of this region did not make moccasins, forcing the party to make their own.
  • January 14, 1806
  • Journals
  • Gass, Patrick
August 14, 1806 - Clark, William
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • Atlas maps 29, 33, 46, 55; MRC map 52. Black Moccasin (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)) ; see October 29, 1804. Biddle (Biddle, Nicholas) , in later conversations with Clark (Clark, William) , expands on Black Moccasin's (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)) recollection of his son's death.
  • August 14, 1806
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
March 10, 1805 - Clark, William
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • we are visited by the Black mockersons (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)) , Chief of the 2d Manetarre (Hidatsa Indians) Village and the Chief of the Shoeman (Hidatsa Indians, Awaxawi) [NB: Shoe (Hidatsa Indians, Awaxawi) or Mocassin Tr (Hidatsa Indians, Awaxawi) :] Village or Mah hâ ha (Hidatsa Indians, Awaxawi) V.
  • March 10, 1805
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
June 5, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Wednesday June 5th    The wind blew during last night, from the North east, and we have a cold windy & Cloudy morning; One beaver was caught in the Traps set last night, part of the Men were employed, in dressing Skins to make Moccasins for the party.—    One of our party was employ'd fishing; he caught a considerable number of small Cat fish.— Probably channel catfish.
  • June 5, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 20, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Tuesday August 20th    This morning we had a white frost & Clear, Cool weather, Two of our Men were sent out a hunting, and the Men at Camp employed in dressing of Skins, the two Indian men that were in our Camp behave well, & their Women [crossed out, illegible] employed themselves in making & mending Moccasins for our men.    they are the most friendly Indians that we have yet met with.   
  • August 20, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
June 4, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • .— Tuesday June 4th    We remained this day at the place, we encamped at Yesterday; in the forks of the Rivers, The weather was Cloudy, Captain Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) and Six hunters, set out to go up the North fork (Jefferson River (North, Southwest Fork)) of the River; and Captain Clark (Clark, William) and five hunters, also set out to go up the South fork (Gallatin (South, Southeast Fork) River) , they intend going about One & a half days Journey up each River, in Order to make discoveries, and to ascertain our right Course, and to determine which of those forks was the Mesouri River (Missouri River) , Some of the Men at our Camp killed 2 fawn Elk near it; those Fawn Skins, we prepar'd to dress, to make moccasins, towards Evening the Wind rose from the North east, and was Cold, Two of our Men that had went hunting from our Camp, returned.   
  • June 4, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 15, 1806 - Clark, William
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • The former is by no means impossible. Black Moccasin (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)) of the Awatixa Hidatsa (Hidatsa Indians, Awaxawi) village Metaharta (Metaharta (Metehartar) village) .
  • August 15, 1806
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
September 4, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Wednesday September 4th    This morning Clear but very cold so that our moccasins froze hard.    the Mountains here are covered with snow.    One of our party saw two Mountain Sheep or Ibex, We delayed setting out till about 8 oClock A.
  • we then set out & ascended a mountain; not having had any thing to eat this day, the snow lay on the Mountain; so that it stuck to our Moccasins, The air was very cold, and made our fingers ache, We descended the Mountain; down a rough rockey way,—    through a large thicket of balsam fir timber, in which we killed one dozen Pheasants, We then descended into a large Valley, to a branch of Water; where we halted to dine.   
  • September 4, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 24, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Moccasin Mountains
  • The mountains are the Judith Mountains (Judith (South) Mountains) (and possibly Moccasin Mountains (Moccasin Mountains) ) in Fergus County (Fergus County, Mont.) .
  • May 24, 1805
  • Journals
  • Lewis, Meriwether
August 29, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • Probably a description of the Tukudika (Tukudika Indians) , or Sheepeater (Tukudika Indians) , Indians, referred to by Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) as the Broken Moccasin (Tukudika Indians) Indians; see Lewis's (Lewis, Meriwether) entry of August 14, 1805.
  • August 29, 1805
  • Journals
  • Ordway, John
October 29, 1804 - Clark, William
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • it went with great rapitidity and looked Tremendious The following Chiefs were made in Councel to day Mar-too-ton-ha (Mitutanka (Matootonha) village) or Lower Village of the Mandans (Mandan Indians)   1st Cheif Sha-ha-ka (Big White (Sheheke)) or Big White (Big White (Sheheke))   2    do    Ka-goh-ha-mi (Little Crow (Ka-goh-ha-me)) or Little raven (Little Crow (Ka-goh-ha-me)) Roop-tar-hee (Ruptáre (Rooptahee) village) or Second Village of the Mandans (Mandan Indians)   1st and Grand Cheif—Pass-cop-sa-he (Black Cat (Posecopsahe)) or black Cat (Black Cat (Posecopsahe))   2nd Cheif Car-gar-no-mok-She (Raven Man Chief (Car-gar-no-mok-she))    raven man Cheaf (Raven Man Chief (Car-gar-no-mok-she)) Mah-har-ha    3rd Village   Chief Ta-tuck-co-pin-re-ha (White Buffalo Robe Unfolded (Ta-tuck-copinrehas)) (white Buffalow robe unfolded (White Buffalo Robe Unfolded (Ta-tuck-copinrehas)) )   〈 Man resse-sar-ra-ree (Neighing Horse) or Neighing horse (Neighing Horse) 〉 Me-ne-tar-re Me-te har-tar   1st Cheif— Omp-se-ha-ra (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)) . Black Mockersons (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra))   2    do.   
  • October 29, 1804
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
September 16, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • .—    The Snow storm continued and the Men were employed in mending up their Moccasins.    some of our party are without Socks, and are forced to wrap Rags round their feet to keep out the cold.   
  • September 16, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
September 17, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • We passed along a rough path, which was up & down the Mountain; & descended a steep part of the same, In the afternoon the weather cleared away, & then it became clear & warm, the Snow melted fast, & the water stood in the trail over our Moccasins, & in some places it was very Slippy, the travelling was very bad for ourselves & horses, We ascended some very high mountains, & very rockey paths & many bare places on the Mountains & high Rocks Standing upright on them.— These mountains were chiefly covered with Spruce pine, & balsam fir timber.   
  • September 17, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
June 7, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Shoes of tanned leather made without separate soles, rather like moccasins. Criswell, 77. This is an excellent and accurate description of bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata (Dougl.)
  • June 7, 1806
  • Journals
  • Lewis, Meriwether
Weather, November 1804 - Clark, William; Lewis, Meriwether
  • Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)
  • spent the evening with the black mockersons (Black Moccasin (Omp-se-ha-ra)) the Prince. Cheif of the little Vilage grosventres (Hidatsa Indians) . 26th wind bleue verry hard, visited the upper camp of the big bellies (Hidatsa Indians) and returned to the lower camp where I had slept the preceeding night— 27th much drift ice running in the river—    returned to (camp) the fort in company with two chiefs and a warrior 28th the Indians left us late in the evening on their return 29th the snow fell 8 inches deep—    it drifted in heeps in the open growns—    visited by Mr.
  • November 1804
  • Journals
  • Clark, William; Lewis, Meriwether
June 24, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • .—    towards Evening when we were within about 3 Miles of the upper Camp (Upper portage camp (Mont.)) , there came up of a sudden a Violent thunder shower, & it rained amazingly hard; for about 15 or 20 Minutes, in which time the water stood on the ground over our Moccasins—    Our Water being all gone, & the Men very thirsty, they drank heartily, out of the puddles of water that lay in the plains—    At dusk of the Evening we arrived at the upper Camp (Upper portage camp (Mont.))
  • June 24, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
June 6, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • .—    The party that remained in Camp employed themselves in dressing Skins, making Moccasins &ca.— The "Grog Spring (Grog Spring) ," as Whitehouse (Whitehouse, Joseph) notes, was at the place where the Teton (Teton (Rose, Tansy) River) and Missouri (Missouri River) rivers approach very closely, in Chouteau County (Chouteau County, Mont.) , Montana (Montana) .
  • June 6, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 22, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • The Men left in Camp 〈are〉 were employed dressing of deer Skins & making moccasins & I am employed in making leather Shirts & overalls—    About 11 o'Clock A.
  • August 22, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
May 14, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • Tuesday May 14th    We had last night hard white frost, so that our Moccasins froze near the fire, the morning was clear and pleasant, We set off at sunrise, and proceeded on our Voyage; and passed a large Creek lying on the North side of the River which our Officers named Whitehouses Creek, opposite to this Creek, we passed a small Island covered with Willows, we saw this day very large gangs of buffalo,—    On the North side of the River, as we passed along; we saw high rough black hills (Black Hills) , lying on both sides of the river, About one o'Clock we halted to dine in a bottom, lying on the South side of the River, Captain Clark (Clark, William) went out at this place to hunt, and killed a Buffalo, which was brought to us, about 2 o'Clock P.
  • May 14, 1805
  • Journals
  • Whitehouse, Joseph
August 14, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Rees, 12, indicates that the Shoshone (Shoshone Indians) name arose from their moccasins being worn out by the lava rocks in their home regions. However, the "broken moccasins (Tukudika Indians) " have also been identified as the Bannocks, Northern Paiutes (Northern Paiute Indians) closely associated with the Northern Shoshones (Shoshone Indians) , and as a mythical people.
  • August 14, 1805
  • Journals
  • Lewis, Meriwether
Lewis & Clark among the Indians 6. Across the Divide
  • Towing their craft from the shore exposed the men's moccasined feet to the needle spines of the prickly pear. Working boats in the water became a back-breaking, bone-chilling enterprise.
  • It was a time to treat blistered and infected feet, repair clothing and moccasins, and dry dampened papers and trade goods. But the most important task at Three Forks was formulation of a plan to locate the elusive Shoshonis .
  • To show their good faith and genuine welcome, the Indians removed their moccasins during the ritual smoke. Once the smoking was finished, Lewis moved to cement good relations with his new-found friends.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • James P. Ronda
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • Breaking off some branches and scraping together some dead leaves, he lay down on them, protected only by his small buffalo robe, light leggings of antelope skin, and moccasins. When he limped into the fort the next day, his feet were frozen.
  • Clark broke through once, soaked his moccasins and leggings, and afterwards blistered his feet walking on ice that held him, just barely, but was rough and uneven, demanding great care to prevent slipping.
  • The only trace of the Sioux the avengers found were some cast-off moccasins, horse tracks, and the galling remnants of one of Clark's caches, which the brigands had rifled of meat and burned.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • Sometimes they hobbled, in their homemade leather moccasins, through cactus and over sharp stones fallen from the cliffs.
  • In particular, they all needed moccasins for feet torn and bruised by towing the boats barefooted over miles of stones and thorns.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
Exploring the Explorers: Great Plains Peoples and the the Lewis and Clark Expedition Great Plains Quarterly 13.2 (1993): 81–90
  • There must have been time to appreciate a fine bow, a good gun, or a skillfully decorated pair of moccasins. Visiting put names to faces and words to things. It humanized the unknown, softened its rough edges, and civilized the pale savages.
  • Clark now had a place in Black Cat's world. The pipe and the moccasins said as much. What happened along the Missouri was a continuation of a process that began in 1492.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • JAMES P. RONDA
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • Clark does not say what he gave, just what he received—articles of clothing from Lewis, a pair of moccasins from Whitehouse, a small Indian basket from Goodrich, and two dozen white weasel tails from Sacagawea.
  • From those hides they had made 338 pairs of moccasins and an unspecified number of leather shirts and pants. High winds and high waves almost swamped them as they rounded Tongue Point on their way to their first camp.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
Lewis & Clark among the Indians 4. The Mandan Winter
  • French traders nicknamed them the "soulier" Indians and Lewis and Clark occasionally termed the Awaxawis as the Shoe or Moccasin people. The captains had some contact with the Awaxawi Hidatsas of Mahawha through Tatuckcopinreha, or White Buffalo Robe Unfolded, the most prominent village chief.
  • Leadership in the village, as recognized by Lewis and Clark, came from First Chief Ompsehara, or Black Moccasin, and Second Chief Ohharh, or Little Fox. Metaharta would continue to be an important Hidatsa village of some forty lodges until its destruction, along with Mahawha's, by a Sioux raid in the spring of 1834.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • James P. Ronda
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • More feathers, porcupine quills, and paint, along with ornate moccasins, high leggings, and buffalo robes painted different colors on the inside bedecked the warriors who followed.
  • They were a colorful group, their moccasins decorated with porcupine quills and the insides of their buffalo robes garishly painted.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • More feathers, porcupine quills, and paint, along with ornate moccasins, high leggings, and buffalo robes painted different colors on the inside bedecked the warriors who followed.
  • They were a colorful group, their moccasins decorated with porcupine quills and the insides of their buffalo robes garishly painted.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • All those in attendance took off their moccasins. The ceremonial pipe passed back and forth, and Cameahwait decorated the captain's shaggy hair with six pieces of "pearl," or bits of seashell.
  • The captains halted there to give Lewis time to take celestial observations, for the hunters to gather meat—they did not have much luck—and for the other men to repair their moccasins. While most of the horses grazed, Clark and Toby rode down Clark's River to its East Fork (today's Missoula) to look over the country.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
Lewis & Clark among the Indians 9. The Way Home
  • The practical Nez Perces sought knives, kettles, blankets, and moccasin awls. But the expedition's supplies of those tools and utensils were short, and if Lewis and Clark hoped to foster a dependable trade, canny substitutions had to be found.
  • Toussaint Charbonneau, John Thompson, Peter Wiser, John Potts, and Hugh Hall were given moccasin awls, knitting pins, and brass armbands to exchange for cous roots and bread.
  • Hardpressed to meet Nez Perce business demands, some men ingeniously fashioned moccasin awls from small links of a discarded chain. The Nez Perce trade was not only difficult but dangerous as well.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • James P. Ronda
Lewis & Clark among the Indians 5. Lewis and Clark as Plains Ethnographers
  • They included Tatuckcopinreha, chief of the little Awaxawi village, and his neighbor the Awatixa chief Black Moccasin. On one occasion Tatuckcopinreha related "many strange accounts of his nation," but Clark recorded only the bare outlines of recent Awaxawi migrations.
  • Charles Mackenzie, a North West Company trader who lived in Black Moccasin's village during the winter of 1804–1805, left some vivid impressions of those difficulties in communicating.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • James P. Ronda
Lewis & Clark among the Indians 8. The Clatsop Winter
  • From natural history and economic geography to salt boiling and moccasin making—these seemed to qualify as "our purposes." But none of these could spark the excitement and anticipation that had run through life a winter before at Fort Mandan.
  • Journal entries took on an almost copybook quality, while busy fingers turned out more moccasins than would ever be needed for the return journey. Lewis captured that sense of time in suspension when he wrote, "Every thing moves on in the old way."
  • What remained was a motley collection of fishhooks, brass wire and armbands, moccasin awls, worn files, and beads of various colors. By early January 1806, Lewis complained, "Our merchandize is reduced to a mear handfull."
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • James P. Ronda
The Men of the Lewis & Clark Expedition The Men of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • Charles G. Clarke
Lewis & Clark among the Indians
  • The explorer was also determined to find red-handled knives of the sort used by North West Company traders. Axes, tomahawks, moccasin awls, and camp kettles rounded out Lewis's catalog of high priorities.
  • The expedition was the mercantile and hardware display case for a trade empire on the move. Moccasin awls and brass kettles were as much symbols of American power as the medals and flags destined for headmen and warriors.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • James P. Ronda
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • Game was everywhere, providing not only the feasts the crew had sorely missed after leaving the Sioux but also skins they could use for making winter clothing and moccasins. In addition, George Drouillard and those of the crew who had brought traps along began catching beaver, always a source of extra money.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
Lewis & Clark among the Indians 1. The Voyage Begins
  • The explorer was also determined to find red-handled knives of the sort used by North West Company traders. Axes, tomahawks, moccasin awls, and camp kettles rounded out Lewis's catalog of high priorities.
  • The expedition was the mercantile and hardware display case for a trade empire on the move. Moccasin awls and brass kettles were as much symbols of American power as the medals and flags destined for headmen and warriors.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • James P. Ronda
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • At the camp they double-soled their soft elkskin moccasins with tough buffalo hide. The reinforcement helped the bottoms of their feet but did not keep toes from banging into cementlike obstructions or cactus spines from penetrating ankles.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • Lewis held productive talks there with Black Moccasin, the man Clark and he had recognized a month earlier as the head man of the town.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
Names 52:3 (September 2004):163–237 Copyright 2004 by The American Name Society 163
  • Mentioned by L & C (JL CE 3:341). Broken Moccasin Indians . Referred to by L & C; perhaps these are the Tukudika , a Northern Shoshone group; from /tukkutïka/ 'eaters of mountain sheep' (HNAI 11:306; JL CE 5:89, 94; 9:214 n.1).
  • A Native American explanation connects this term with a root meaning 'puckered up', referring to the form of Ojibwa moccasins (HNAI 15:768). Also written 〈Chipiway, Chipaway, Chipeway 〉by L & C (JL CE 2:223-24, 3:439).
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • William Bright
Montana [The Magazine of Western History] 21.3 (1971): 2–17.
  • "Those mountains [the Little Rocky Mountains to the north and the Moccasin and Judith ranges on the south] appear to be detached, and not ranges as laid down by the Minetarrees" (Clark, May 25; RGT:OJ:II:77). in his magnificently–edited condensation of the journals, Bernard DeVoto (The Journals of Lewis and Clark , Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1953), identifies the range seen on May 26 as the Little Rocky Mountains.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • John L. Allen
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • In some places the way was roughened by knotted sagebrush, prickly pear, and rocks. In other places their moccasins sank into sand. Because they had done little marching for several months, the men were soon complaining of sore feet and legs—a discomfort Lewis and Clark and perhaps some of the enlisted men relieved by bathing their extremities each night in cold water.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • David Lavender
The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent
  • N.D.
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  • David Lavender

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