As the men move the boats up the Missouri below present Oacoma, South Dakota, Clark walks the shore in search of a volcano described by James Mackay. He kills a pronghorn, and Pvt. Shields kills a white-tailed jackrabbit. Lewis describes each in his natural history notes and also preserves them.
Pronghorns and Jackrabbits
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
Head of an Antelope
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
Watercolor on paper, 7¾ x 11 1/8; altered. Karl Bodmer’s America, Joslyn Art Museum & University of Nebraska Press.
Missing Volcano
I walked on Shore with a view to find an old Vulcanio, Said to be in this neighbourhood by Mr. J. McKey [James Mackay] of St. Charles. I walked on Shore the whole day without Seeing any appearance of the Villcanoe
—William Clark
Pronghorn Observations
Killed a Buck Goat [pronghorn] of this Countrey, about the hight of the Grown Deer, its body Shorter, the Horns which is not very hard and forks 2/3 up & one prong Short the other round & Sharp arched
he is more like the Antilope or Gazella of Africa than any other Species of Goat.
—William Clark
White-tailed Jackrabbit
John Shields who went on Shore with the horse killed a verry large white rabbit or haire it was as big as a Ureopian hare.— nearly all white—& of a different discription of any one ever yet Seen in the States . . . . had the Goat & rabit Stufed
—William Clark
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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