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<blockquote data-quote="Ponyroper" data-source="post: 137542" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>Just rereading the Lewis and Clark journals and they mentioned seeing turkeys along the Missouri north of St. Louis a couple of months after starting their journey.&nbsp; They were also running into grizzlies and mountain sheep already in Nebraska and South Dakota.&nbsp; They were shooting black bear and elk nearly from the day they left St. Louis and deer were so numerous they usually shot about half a dozen each day to feed the men.&nbsp; Read somewhere that the men had to eat 4-5 lbs. of meat each day because of the strenuous exercise and lack of carbs in their diet.&nbsp; Their first encounters with grizzlies were funny to read because they had never encountered animals as tough and dangerous.&nbsp; Their old muzzle loaders just pissed off the bears and they ended up running for their lives even after the bears had 5-10 lead balls in them.&nbsp; Lewis ended up having to jump off a river embankment into the water to get away from one he shot.&nbsp; They called them 'white' bears.&nbsp; I'm guessing those were what we call 'silver tips'.&nbsp; The Indians didn't mess with grizzlies either because their stone tipped arrows were nearly worthless against the bears.&nbsp; It's interesting to read that Lewis and Clark mentioned numerous French settlements along the Missouri well north of St. Louis.&nbsp; Sounds like the French had been exploring the Missouri for many years before the Americans knew it existed.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Ponyroper, post: 137542, member: 423"] Just rereading the Lewis and Clark journals and they mentioned seeing turkeys along the Missouri north of St. Louis a couple of months after starting their journey. They were also running into grizzlies and mountain sheep already in Nebraska and South Dakota. They were shooting black bear and elk nearly from the day they left St. Louis and deer were so numerous they usually shot about half a dozen each day to feed the men. Read somewhere that the men had to eat 4-5 lbs. of meat each day because of the strenuous exercise and lack of carbs in their diet. Their first encounters with grizzlies were funny to read because they had never encountered animals as tough and dangerous. Their old muzzle loaders just pissed off the bears and they ended up running for their lives even after the bears had 5-10 lead balls in them. Lewis ended up having to jump off a river embankment into the water to get away from one he shot. They called them 'white' bears. I'm guessing those were what we call 'silver tips'. The Indians didn't mess with grizzlies either because their stone tipped arrows were nearly worthless against the bears. It's interesting to read that Lewis and Clark mentioned numerous French settlements along the Missouri well north of St. Louis. Sounds like the French had been exploring the Missouri for many years before the Americans knew it existed. [/QUOTE]

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