Botanicals from the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Chokecherry

Journal notes from around the time of collection:

August ll, 1806

When I arrived here it was about 20 minutes after noon and of course the observation for the 0's meridian Altitude was lost.  Jus opposite to the birnt hills there happened to be a herd of Elk...we put too and I went out with Cruzatte only.  We fire on the Elk I killed one and he wounded another, we reloaded our guns and took different routs through the thick willows in pursuit of the Elk; I was in the act of firing on the Elk a second time when a ball struck my left thye...missing the bone it passed through the left thye...the stroke was very severe; I instantly supposed that Cruzatte had shot me in mistake for an Elk as I was dressed in brown leather and he cannot see very well; under this impress I called out to him d___

you, you have shot me...(I guess you should be careful when hunting with one-eyed French fiddlers.  Barb)

Meriwether Lewis

image size: 3"x7"     unframed price: $69
frame size: 8"x12"   framed price: $105

Hand colored etching by Barbara Coppock