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Botanical Discoveries: Pacific Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
Fort Clatsop, Oregon, February
7, 1806
A small bramble shrub, this is the only native
blackberry in the Pacific Northwest. It occurs from Baja, California to
Canada's British Columbia and east to Idaho, USDA zones 5-10. It does
well with small amounts of irrigation and thrives everywhere from sun to
full shade. Many claim that its small black berries are the tastiest
blackberries - wonderful pies!
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The Expedition's Journey
Continues:
One year before the expedition's winter at Fort Clatsop, Captain Clark
recorded this entry in his journal on March 9, 1805:
A cloudy cold, and windy morning. Wind from the north. I walked up
to see the party that is making pirogues, about 5 miles above this. The
wind hard and cold. On my way up, I met Le Borgne, main chief of the
Minnetarees, with four Indians on their way to see us. I requested him
to proceed on to the Fort, where he would find Captain Lewis. I should
be there myself in the course of a few hours. Sent the interpreter back
with him, and proceeded on myself to the canoes. Found them nearly
finished. The timber very bad. After visiting all the pirogues, where I
found a number of Indians, I went to the upper Mandan village and smoked
a pipe (the greatest mark of friendship and attention) with the chief,
and returned. On my return, found the Minnetaree chief about to set out
on his return to his village, having received of Captain M. Lewis, a
medal, gorges, arm bands, a flag shirt, scarlet, etc., for which he
was much pleased. Those things were given in place of sundry articles
sent to him which, he says, he did not receive. Two guns were fired for
this great man.
Go to our Corps of Discovery Expedition
Bicentennial Index page
to see all links in this series. Or click
here
to go directly to the next installment of our
journey.
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Bringing history alive:
Informative website with links to various places along the
trail.
Lewis and Clark Trail,
www.lewisandclarktrail.com/ |
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| Lewis and Clark's great journey west begins
in
Washington D.C. and zigzags along the eastern seaboard
encompassing the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and
Pennsylvania; then proceeds through Ohio, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Indiana,
Illinois and
Missouri. The trail then meanders through the great
plains of
Kansas,
Nebraska, Iowa,
South Dakota, North
Dakota and continues through the mountains and the
valleys of
Montana,
Idaho,
Washington,
Oregon, concluding at the
Pacific Ocean. The Lewis and Clark Trail is a cultural
destination that covers over 4,600 miles, crosses four time
zones, and showcases some of the most beautiful and rugged
areas of America. |
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