Re: MtMan-List: L & C Food

["Barry Conner" <buck.conner@worldnet.att.net>]

What John has stated is correct, I have an early printing of the full set
of journals ( 8 with maps ) and have found the same reference as John.
......dog, whale blubber, candlefish, roots and berries, hawks, ducks, and
sturgeon.... along with reference to a number of roots and edibles that
were foraged.

Buck Conner

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> From: John L. Allen <jlallen@snet.net>
> To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: Re: MtMan-List: L & C Food
> Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 7:57 AM
> 
> Hello the list,
> 
> The Original Journals of Lewis and Clark (Moulton edition) include
> references to foods other than salmon and elk that the Corps of Discovery
> consumed while at Fort Clatsop on the Pacific. These included dog, whale
> blubber, candlefish, roots and berries, hawks, ducks, and sturgeon. There
is
> no mention of shellfish (clams) or crustaceans (crabs). I would suspect
that
> the Indians consumed those delicacies but that Lewis and Clark, demanding
a
> diet that contained fat, would have avoided the trouble it took to seek
out
> shellfish and crustaceans for more readily available foods. There is an
> entire chapter in a relatively recent book on the Expedition devoted to
the
> foods Lewis and Clark and their men consumed. See Albert Furtwangler,
ACTS
> OF DISCOVERY: VISIONS OF AMERICA IN THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS (Univ.
of
> Illinois Press, 1993), chapter 5.
> 
> John Logan Allen
> (author of LEWIS AND CLARK AND THE IMAGES OF THE AMERICAN NORTHWEST,
Dover
> paperback, 1991).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bz <kinbusar@earthlink.net>
> To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
> Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 11:14 PM
> Subject: MtMan-List: L & C Food
> 
> 
> >Greetings to All,
> >    Been lurking on the list for awhile and enjoyed all the knowledge so
> >freely shared.
> >    Have been rereading the Journals of Lewis and Clark (DeVoto) and the
> >same question keeps popping up.
> >    During the time they were on the coast and at Fort Clatsop they
mention
> >many times the monatony of their diet of elk and salmon.
> >    Why did they not make use of the other sea food there?  I use to
live
> >in that area and even today you can gather a pretty tasty meal off the
> >shore and bay. If no one else Lewis had to be familiar with sea food
from
> >his time spent in D.C. and other east coast cities.
> >    Surely men of there proven ingenuity could have cobbled together a
> >couple of crab pots, or steamed a bushel or two of clams ect. Even
without
> >the drawn butter and lemon it would have supplied a tasty break from
their
> >boring diet.
> >     So what am I missing?
> >     Any information or opinions appreciated.
> >    Thanks
> >     Buzz
> >