Kansas, Doniphan County, near Wathena
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"...towards the Evening a many Espyd. a wolf lying a Sleep with the Noise of the Oars Racing he awoke Stood to know what was a comeing..."
Sergeant Joseph Whitehouse
July 7, 1804
The Corps of Discovery, a United States Army expedition lead by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through this area on July 7, 1804. He also described passing by a small island and noted the color of the bluffs as a yellowish color. Captain Clark wrote in his journal of the men killing a wolf that day.
The amount of game that was shot by the expedition was noted beacuse [sic] the meat was an important part of the men's diet and was a valuable commodity. Clark wrote that it required 4 deer or elk, or one buffalo, to supply the expedition members with meals for 24 hours.
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Nodaway Island, where the expedition passed by, may have looked something similar to this. Artist Karl Bodmer traveled through this area seventeen years after the expedition. [Image] Courtesy of Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.
Wolves were once found in present day Kansas but are no longer in the area.
[Map] July 7, 1804 and September 12, 1806
(Animals • Environment • Exploration • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
"...towards the Evening a many Espyd. a wolf lying a Sleep with the Noise of the Oars Racing he awoke Stood to know what was a comeing..."
Sergeant Joseph Whitehouse
July 7, 1804
The Corps of Discovery, a United States Army expedition lead by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through this area on July 7, 1804. He also described passing by a small island and noted the color of the bluffs as a yellowish color. Captain Clark wrote in his journal of the men killing a wolf that day.
The amount of game that was shot by the expedition was noted beacuse [sic] the meat was an important part of the men's diet and was a valuable commodity. Clark wrote that it required 4 deer or elk, or one buffalo, to supply the expedition members with meals for 24 hours.
[Background illustration caption reads]
Nodaway Island, where the expedition passed by, may have looked something similar to this. Artist Karl Bodmer traveled through this area seventeen years after the expedition. [Image] Courtesy of Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.
Wolves were once found in present day Kansas but are no longer in the area.
[Map] July 7, 1804 and September 12, 1806
(Animals • Environment • Exploration • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.