Meriwether Lewis quotes

“Caught one a live by poreing a great quantity of Water in his hole.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1961). “The natural history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition”

#Water Quotes #Caught Quotes #Holes Quotes

“The musquetos continue to infest us in such manner that we can scarcely exist. My dog even howls with the torture he experiences.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

#Dog Quotes #Torture Quotes #Howl Quotes

“We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians on the Black mountains, and last summer descended thence by the Little Missouri.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1842). “History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri: Thence Across the Rockey Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean ; Performed During the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.126

#Summer Quotes #Black Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“A woman brought her child with an abscess in the lower part of the back, and offered as much corn as she could carry for some medicine; we administered to it of course very cheerfully.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1842). “History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri: Thence Across the Rockey Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean ; Performed During the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.146

#Children Quotes #Medicine Quotes #Corn Quotes

“Captain Clarke who had gone out yesterday with eighteen men to bring in the meat we had killed the day before, and to continue the hunt, came in at twelve o'clock.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1842). “History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri: Thence Across the Rockey Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean ; Performed During the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.143

#Men Quotes #Hunting Quotes #Yesterday Quotes

“Great numbers of the Indians pass our camp on their hunting excursions: the day was clear and pleasant, but last night was very cold and there was a white frost.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis (2012). “History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.”, p.197, tredition

#Night Quotes #Hunting Quotes #White Quotes

“The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Thomas Rees (2010). “Travels to the Source of the Missouri River: And Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 1804, 1805, and 1806”, p.213, Cambridge University Press

#Weather Quotes #Two Quotes #Three Quotes

“The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis (2012). “History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.”, p.249, tredition

#Country Quotes #Wind Quotes #Two Quotes

“On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis (2012). “History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.”, p.46, tredition

#Government Quotes #Years Quotes #Acquisition Quotes

“A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

Source : Meriwether Lewis (2012). “History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.”, p.229, tredition

#Morning Quotes #Night Quotes #Wind Quotes

“I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.”
-- Meriwether Lewis

#Strong Quotes #Coward Quotes