The original of this list is in Clark's handwriting. The words within the brackets [ ] were written by Jefferson and indicate where the items were sent - to Charles Willson Peale [came. P.], the American Philosophical Society [A. Ph.Society.], or kept by Jefferson himself [came]. The original documents are at the Library of Congress.
"Invoice of artifacts forwarded from Fort Mandan to the President of the United States through Captn. Stoddard at St. Louis and Wm. H. B. Trist the collector of the Port of New Orleans."
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1
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Box
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Skins of the Male and female Antelope, with their skeletons. [came. P.] |
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1
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do
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2 Horns and ears, of the Black tail, or Mule Deer. [came] |
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1
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"
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A Martin skin [came] containing the skin of a weasel [came P.] and three small squirels of the Rocky Mountains & the tail of a Mule deer fully grown. [came.] |
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1
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"
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Skeletons of the small, or burrowing wolf of the Praries, the skin having been lost by accedent. [some skeletons came, not distinguishable. sent to P.] |
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1
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"
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2 skeletons of the White Hare. [as above. P.] |
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1
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"
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1 " A Mandan bow with a quiver of arrows [came] the quiver |
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1
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"
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containing some seed of the Mandan tobacco. [came] |
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1
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1 " A carrot of Ricara tobacco. [came.] | |
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2
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Box
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2 Box 4 Buffalo robes, [came] and an ear of Mandan corn. |
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3
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Box
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3 Box Skins of the Male and female Antelope, with their skeletons [undistinguishable. P.] and the skin of a brown, or yellow Bear. |
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4
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Box
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Specimens of earths, salts, and minerals, numbered from 1. to 67. [came] |
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4
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"
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Specimes of plants numbered from 1 to 60. [came.] [A. Ph.Society.] |
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4
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"
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1 earthen pot, such as the Mandans manufacture, and use for culinary purposes. [came] |
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4
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"
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1 tin box containing insects, mice &c. |
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4
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"
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a specimen of the fur of the Antilope. |
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4
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"
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a specimen of a plant, and a parsel of its roots, highly prized by the natives as an efficatious remidy in the cure of the bite of the rattle snake, or mad dog. |
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in a
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Large Trunk
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Skin of a Male and female Braro, or burrowing Dog of the Praries, with the skeleton of the female. [came. P.] |
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in a
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Large Trunk
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1 skin of a red fox containing a Magpie [came.] |
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"
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"
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2 cased skins of the white hare. [came. P.] |
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"
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"
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1 Minetarre Buffalow robe, [came] containing some articles of Indian dress. [came] |
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"
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"
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1 Mandan Buffalow robe, [came] containing a dressedskin of the Lousivire [came] an two cased skins of the burrowing squirels of the praries. [came P.] |
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"
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"
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13 red fox skins. [came.] |
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"
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"
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4 horns of the mountain ram, or big horn. [came.] |
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"
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"
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1 Buffalow robe painted by a Mandan man representing a battle which was faught 8 years since, by the Sioux & Ricaras, against the Mandans, Minitarras & Ahwahharways. [came.] |
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6
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Cage
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Containing four liveing Magpies. [1. came P.] |
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7
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do.
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Containing a liveing burrowing squirel of the praries.[came. P.] |
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9
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do.
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Containing one liveing hen of the Prarie. |
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10
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-
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1 large par of Elk's horns connected by the frontal bone. |
do.= ditto
" = ditto
List copied from: Jackson, Donald, ed., Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: with Related Documents 1783 - 1854, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1978, pages pages 234-236.