What did Lewis and Clark see, including geography, climate, native American tribal culture, etc.
Thanks so much, ten points.
Their route took them up the Missouri River where they visited Daniel Boone’s family. (Daniel had died already.) As they rowed further up they encountered a great cloud like fog in front of them but it was just little white feathers an enormous flock of geese had shaken out. You can’t see that today because the goose population has been decimated.
They were attacked by a grizzly bear, the most ferocious animal they had ever seen but eventually shot is dead.
Another thing different today is that you can’t go all the way up that river by boat because of all the dams the Army Corps of Engineers has built.
They spent the winter in North Dakota with the Mandan Indians who ate dogs as part of their diet. L & C said dog was delicious. I believe their was a lot of sexual activity between the Indian women and the expedition men, but I might be wrong. The Indians were very curious about Clark’s slave, the only black on the trip and the first one they had ever seen.
At the rapids and cataracts on the Columbia River called the Dallas they got really fed up with the Indians there because of their congenital thieving of the whites.
Climate-wise the winter in North Dakota was bitterly cold and the humid winter on the west coast caused them to have a constant battle with mold and mildew.
Hope this helps.
Monthly test of the Tippecanoe County outdoor warning siren system. This is a Federal Thunderbeam (RSH-10) Siren, rated at about 123dB@100′. This unit is broken and will hopefully be fixed or replaced soon.
Song title: I Dont Do No Rock n Roll
From the historic “Stillman Fires” film collection:
Robin Ariel Ross St Claire Holgate of Clovis NM 88101 and Bonnie Lee of Ont. Canada Sing this amazing Duet Louisianna Woman Mississippi Man .This Video was recorded in Stereo in Clovis NM ,Same town that Buddy Holly and the Crickets Recorded a lot of thier songs.Robin is promoted by Robin Ariel Media robinarielmedia RAM (USA) and by Country Music Broadcasting CMB (Australia)
Gangster concept for Competition
A Louisiana sheriff has begun training 200 local volunteers in basic hand-to-hand combats techniques as part of Project Exodus aimed at protecting the northwestern corner of the state from the danger of terrorists, the Shreveport Times reports.Reporter Drew Pierson writes that Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen’s policing plan involves “a mostly white group of ex-police volunteers and a .50-caliber machine gun” and was inspired in part from the Book of Exodus in the Bible.Watch above the official video of the first day of training, provided by TPMTV, or click here.”The buck stops with Larry Deen,” the sheriff says, according to the Times. “The liability stops with Larry Deen. I am the chief law enforcement officer in this parish, and it is incumbent upon me protect all of the people in it.”Deen rejects any notion that he is setting up a militia. “We run from that word,” he says. “We’re just the opposite that word.”Doyle Dempsey, chief deputy for support services, says in the training video that if the project is successful “we will be ahead of the curve when it comes to fighting Islamic extremists.”The volunteers will be armed provided weapons such as shotguns, riot shields and batons, the newspaper says, including a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on what the sheriff’s office calls “the war wagon.”Five of the 200 volunteers are black, the Times says. Women will only be used in a “support role,” Deen says, indicating non-combat activity.The teams of “highly trained volunteers” would also be used to protect local food, water, oil, gas and medical supplies in the event of a disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, in which state and federal resources are limited. “We want to make sure that never happens here,” he says.An excerpt:As evidenced by recent terror threats, it is apparent that homegrown terrorists are in our midst. With the easy accessibility of the Internet, it is quite possible that these local and international terrorists can form a national or multiple location attack on our nation at any given moment. And no matter whether we are a direct target or not, fear and panic will still permeate our community. Control will have to be regained to ensure the safety of our residents. That is where Operation Exodus comes into play. It utilizes preventive measures to safeguard Bossier Parish from the fear and outcry that will inevitably transpire.Update at 1:26 p.m. ET: TPM Muckraker’s Zachary Roth reports sheriff’s office spokesman Ed Baswell told him that there have been intelligence reports showing that there have been “cells” and people operating within the parish “that have been trained as terrorists or went overseas to be trained as terrorist.”"It tells us that these are the kinds of thing we can’t assume are happening far, far away,” Basell said. “Terrorists can tend to strike anywhere and everywhere.”"There’s not a state of paranoia, or anything like that,” he added.
Performed at Lagniappe Production’s 17th Annual Cajun & Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball on Saturday, February 21st at Rhode-on-the-Pawtuxet in Rhode Island
Recap and theories from me and Rose on Recon.
Linda Ronstadt joins the Muppets for this lovely rendition of BLUE BAYOU