Great News!! This is the first time that the expedition is actually heading in our preferrred direction- due west!! While we were celebrating to the best of our ability, we came across a Grizzly Bear. Lewis continued to believe they were of no threat to us, but he was proved wrong on April 29 when a Grizzly came out of the woods and chased him and another member of the Corps about 80 yards before either one of them could reload their rifles to at least wound it so they could get away.
We obviously noted the Grizzly Bear on April 29, 1805 when it chased two of our men through the woods. Clark noted in his journal that it was one of the most carnivorous creatures he had ever seen, weighing about 500 pounds. Today, a couple of men noticed a North American Porcupine near the mouth of the Porcupine [now Poplar] River in Montana. A Northern Flicker also caught my attention one day, on April 11, near Fort Mandan, North Dakota. It made the most irritating noises as it pecked the tree it was perched in.
I'm being pushed along by the men in the expedition to keep moving, so I will continue my documenting process as we move farther along the trail.
Keep Well,
George Gibson
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_species_194_6_1.html
The terrifying grizzly bear that chased Lewis and two other men through the forest.
About Me
- George Gibson
- I play the fiddle, and I enjoy hunting. I also know a little bit of Sign Language, which helped out when I had to assist in finding a lost member of the Corps.
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