Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

just as we had prepared to set out at an early hour a deer came in to lick at these springs and one of our hunters killed it; this secured us our dinners
Meriwether Lewis

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Young doe drinking from a spring

Location: A mineral lick at Colgate Licks, Lolo Pass; Photo date: June 30, 2009

Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

I saw a small grey squirrel today much like those of the Pacific coast only that the belly of this was white.
Meriwether Lewis

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Red and gray squirrel with a white belly

Photo ©2008 D. Gordon E. Robertson. Permission via the GNU Free Documentation License.

Mountain lady's-slipper
(Cypripedium montanum)

I also met with the plant in blume which is sometimes called the lady's slipper or mockerson flower. it is in shape and appearance like ours only that the corolla is white, marked with small veigns of pale red longitudinally on the inner side.
Meriwether Lewis

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Small white petals in the shape of a shoe

Photo by the U.S. Forest Service.

Travelers' Rest

a little before sunset we arrived at our old encampment on the south side of the creek a little above it's entrance into Clark's river. here we encamped with a view to remain two days in order to rest ourselves and horses & make our final arrangements for seperation.
Meriwether Lewis

Small grassy area surrounded by cottonwood trees

Photo date: July 1, 2009