LV. LV
INVOICE OF ARTICLES FORWARDED TO JEFFERSON
FROM FORT MANDAN
LV. [From original MS. by Clark, in Bureau of Rolls—Jefferson Papers, L, series 2, vol. 51, doc.
105 a. Italics within brackets are the comments of the person who checked up the invoice, on
receipt of the articles; the natural-history specimens were sent by Jefferson to Peale's Museum,
Philadelphia—the "P" of the check-list; the mineralogical specimens went to the American
Philosophical Society.]
[April 7, 1805]
Invoice of articles forwarded from Fort Mandan to the President of
the United States through Captn. Stoddard at St. Louis and Mr. H. B.
Trist, the Collector of the Port of New Orleans.[1]
| No. |
Package |
Contents |
| 1 |
Box |
Skins of the Male and female Antelope, with their Skeletons.
[came. P.] |
| " |
do |
2 Horns and ears, of the Blacktail, or Mule Deer. [came] |
| " |
" |
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.] |
| " |
" |
Skeletons of the Small, or burrowing wolf of the Praries, the Skin
haveing been lost by accedent. [some skeletons came, not distinguishable.
sent to P.] |
| " |
" |
2 Skeletons of the White Hair. [as above. P.] |
| " |
" |
A Mandan bow with a quiver of Arrows [came] the quiver containing
Some Seed of the Mandan tobacco. [came] |
| " |
" |
A carrot of Ricara tobacco. [came]. |
| 2 |
Box |
4 Buffalow Robes [came] and an ear of Mandan corn. |
| 3 |
Box |
Skins of the Male and female Antelope, with their Skeletons [undistinguishable]
and the Skin of a brown, or Yellow Bear. |
| 4 |
Box |
Specimens of earths, Salts, and minerals, numbered from 1 to 67.
[came A. Ph. Society.] |
| " |
" |
Specimens of plants numbered from 1 to 60. [came] |
| " |
" |
1 earthen pot, Such as the Mandans manufacture, and use for culinary
purposes. [came] |
| No |
Package |
Contents |
| 4 |
Box |
1 tin box containing insects, mice &c |
| " |
" |
a Specimen of the fur of the Antilope. |
| " |
" |
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. |
| " |
{Large Trunk} |
Skins of a Male and female Braro, or burrowing Dog of the Praries,
with the Skeleton of the female. [came. P.] |
| " |
in a large Trunk |
1 Skin of a red fox containing a Magpie. [came] |
| " |
" |
2 Cased Skins of the white hare. [came. P.] |
| " |
" |
1 Minitarre Buffalow robe, [came] containing Some articles of Indian
dress. [came] |
| " |
" |
1 Mandan Buffalow robe, [came] containing a dressed Skin of the
Lousiv[ir]e [came] and two cased Skins of the burrowing Squirels
of the praries[came] |
| " |
" |
13 red fox skins [came] |
| " |
" |
4 horns of the mountain ram, or big horn [came] |
| " |
" |
1 Buffalow robe painted by a Mandan man representing a battle
which was fought 8 years since, by the Sioux & Ricaras, against
the Mandans, Minitarras & Ahwahharways [came] |
| 6 |
Cage |
Containing four liveing Magpies. [1. came P.] |
| 7 |
do. |
Containing a liveing burrowing Squirel of the praries. [came, P.] |
| 9 |
do. |
Containing one liveing hen of the Prarie. |
| 10 |
— |
1 large par of Elk's horns connected by the frontal bone. |
