(Encyclopedia) migration of animals, movements of animals in large numbers from one place to another. In modern usage the term is usually restricted to regular, periodic movements of populations away…
Day 1260 Day 1262 Lewis, March 14, 1806 Friday March 14th 1806. This morning we sent a party after the two Elk which Collins killed last evening, they returned with them about noon. Collins…
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 13, 1806March 15, 1806March 14, 1806 Friday March 14th 1806. This morning we sent a party after the two Elk which Collins killed last…
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark October 16, 1805October 18, 1805October 17, 1805 October 17th Thursday 1805 Forks of Columbia This morning after the Luner observations, the old…
(Encyclopedia) pea, hardy, annual, climbing leguminous plant (Pisum sativum) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), grown for food by humans at least since the early Bronze Age; no longer known in…
(Encyclopedia) Snake, river, 1,038 mi (1,670 km) long, NW United States, the chief tributary of the Columbia; once called the Lewis River. The Snake rises in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park…
(Encyclopedia) TsimshianTsimshiantsĭmˈshēən [key], Native North Americans speaking a language probably falling within the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They lived around…
Day 950 Day 952 Clark, October 17, 1805 October 17th Thursday 1805 A fair morning made the above observations during which time the principal Chief came down with Several of his principal…
(Encyclopedia) Gissing, GeorgeGissing, Georgegĭsˈĭng [key], 1857–1903, English novelist. His promising future as a scholar was curtailed by his expulsion from Owens College (later the Univ. of…
