Lewis & Clark Expedition Illustrated Glossary
by Barbara Fifer
published by Farcountry Press
- Did the Lewis and Clark Expedition really feast on anchovies and pheasants? Who are the Pahkee Indians? And what is an espontoon or a circumferentor? This is a quick aid to enjoying the journals kept from 1803 to 1806, with text and more than 100 photos and illustrations.
More than 500 entries cover:
-terms no longer commonly used
-tools
-clothing
-wildlife new to Expedition members
-Indian nations met (and their actual names, compared to what the Corps thought they were called)
-brief biographies of Expedition members
-significant geographical features
-and more!
80 pages, 9 1/8, 6 b/w photos, 48 color photos, 50 illustrations, 3 map(s)
softcover
ISBN 10: 1560372273
ISBN 13: 9781560372271
$12.95
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| Lewis & Clark Expedition Illustrated Glossary |
| clothing, leather From the middle of May to the end of July, 1805, the men's summer army fatigue clothing wore out and they began TANNING hides (usually ELK) and stitching simple garments. These too wore out quickly because the leather was almost always wet. During the FORT CLATSOP winter, the men stockpiled new leather clothing, so that on February 23, 1806, Lewis wrote that they now had more clothing and MOCCASINS than they had since starting out. See also TIPPET.
espontoon Beginning to go out of use at the time, this was a long spear-like item also called a half-pike. They served to identify infantry officers on the battlefield, and for signalling. At about six feet, it was as long as Lewis was tall. He used it as a walking staff, and sometimes to steady the long barrel of his heavy rifle for shooting. On July 14, 1805, at the GREAT FALLS OF THE MISSOURI, Lewis even faced a charging grizzly BEAR with only his espontoon and an empty GUN. Happily, the bear called off its attack. |
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The late Barbara Fifer was a freelance writer and editor in Helena, Montana. She authored and co-authored popular histories and geographies for adults and children, including five books on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. |