Collage number 1: 1804

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female fashion in the 1800s

missouri beaver

When: July 3, 1804

 

Where: Iatan, Platte County, Missouri; most abundantly mentioned in Three Forks, Montana.

 

Description: A very large, bulky rodent, with rounded head and small, rounded ears. Dark brown fur is fine and soft. Scaly tail large, black, horizontally flattened, and paddle-shaped. Length: 3–4 ft (0.9–1.2 m); tail: 11.8–17.5 in (30–44 cm). Weight: usually 44–60 lb (20–27 kg), but sometimes up to 86 lb (39 kg).

 

Habitat: Rivers, streams, marshes, lakes, and ponds.

 

Range: Most of Canada and U.S., except for most of Florida, much of Nevada, and southern California.

 

Note: Well adapted to its highly aquatic life, the beaver swims, using its webbed hind feet, at speeds up to 6 mph (10 km/h).

 

florida woodrat

When: May 31, 1804

 

Where: Below the mouth of the Osage River, Missouri.

 

Description: Grayish brown above; white or grayish below. Bicolored tail is less than half total length. Throat hairs gray at base. Length: 12–17 in (3–43 cm); tail: 5–8 in (12.7–20.3 cm). Weight: 7.1–16 oz (200–455 g).

 

Habitat: Rocky cliffs, caves, tumbled boulders in southern Illinois and elsewhere when available; Osage orange and other hedges and wooded low areas bellow south.

 

Range:  Southern South Dakota and northern Nebraska; eastern Colorado; southern Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri; south through Oklahoma and eastern Texas; and southeastward through southern states to mid-peninsular Florida.

 

Note: The Florida woodrat was once combined with the Allegheny woodrat as a single species called the eastern woodrat.

 

 

the catfish

When: May 31, 1804

 

Where: Below the mouth of the Osage River, Missouri.

 

Description: Grayish brown above; white or grayish below. Bicolored tail is less than half total length. Throat hairs gray at base. Length: 12–17 in (3–43 cm); tail: 5–8 in (12.7–20.3 cm). Weight: 7.1–16 oz (200–455 g).

 

Habitat: Rocky cliffs, caves, tumbled boulders in southern Illinois and elsewhere when available; Osage orange and other hedges and wooded low areas bellow south.

 

Range:  Southern South Dakota and northern Nebraska; eastern Colorado; southern Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri; south through Oklahoma and eastern Texas; and southeastward through southern states to mid-peninsular Florida.

 

Note: The Florida woodrat was once combined with the Allegheny woodrat as a single species called the eastern woodrat.

 

"York"

Where: St. Charles, on the missouri river

When: May 21, 1804

Dear journal,

I have been traveling the missouri river for a couple of days now, and have brought with me a York, a black american servant. We brought him with us from Clarksville, and he was a huge man, muscular and very dark. 

While traveling, York played a significant role in the Corps or Discovery. The many Native Americans that we came across of became attracted to York, for they have never seen a black before. York was considered "big medicine" by the other tribes, and fascinated them. John Ordway recorded the indians reaction to York " the greatest Curiosity to them was York Capt. Clarks Black man..." Later on, York the slave would enter history as an important member of the lewis and clark expedition.

York, i believe is the wolf of the pack, and really knows his way around. His caring and adventurous side will help us discover new things along the journey and meet new people. I believe that York can teach all of us a lesson in meeting new people and how we should judge them, and also help keep things organized.