Sea Otter

November 20, 1805

The first time we saw a otter fur we did not know about the otter because you don't see them on the east coast.  The otter fur is softer and more valuable then the common beaver and we some of them to take back across the country.

Steller's Jay

September 20, 1805

The Steller's jay is getting very annoying because it has been following us for many miles and keeps making a shack-shack-shack sound. I would shoot at it with my rifle if I had more ammunition.

Blue Catfish

August 25, 1804

We saw a Blue Catfish today and it was one of the biggest freshwater fish I have ever seen. It is larger then the Channel Catfish but is still mistaken for it a lot. We see a lot of them on the clear rivers.

Mountain Goat

August 24, 1805

We saw a Mountain goat to day. Even though we were far away we could saw how this animal has no fear of heights. Even the young were playing amung the rocky slopes.

North American Porcupine

May 3, 1805, near the mouth of the Porcupine River.

I had a pretty bad experience with the porcupine because I stepped on one of the blasted quills of the animal.  I bet seaman has had a lot of trouble with the porcupines and their quills.  From now on I will watch were i put my feet.

Northern Bobcat

April 7, 1805

The bobcat is an amazing animal and we were amazed when we saw it on the trail.  We have only saw it two times during the whole expedition.  The main reason that we do not see it very much is because it only hunts at night.

Grizzly Bear

Sunday, May 5, 1805

"In the evening we saw a Brown or Grisley beare on a sand beech, I went out with one man Geo Drewyer & Killed the bear, which was verry large and a turrible looking animal, which we found verry hard to kill we Shot ten Balls into him before we killed him, & 5 of those Balls through his lights This animal is the largest of the carnivorous kind I ever saw we had nothing that could way him, I think his weight may be stated at 500 pounds. we had him skined and divided, the oile tried up & put in Kegs for use."