all the hunters turned out eairly a hunting    they all returned by noon    had killed in all twelve deer & Some of them large fat bucks.
John Ordway

the dove the black woodpecker, the lark woodpecker, the logcock, the prarie lark, sandhill crain, prarie hen with the short and pointed tail, the robin, a speceis of brown plover, a few curloos, small black birds, ravens hawks and a variety of sparrows as well as the bee martin and the several species of Corvus genus are found in this vally.—
Meriwether Lewis

The little animal found in the plains of the Missouri which I have called the barking squirrel weighs from 3 to 3½ pounds.

it's form is that of the squirrel. it's colour is an uniform light brick red grey, the red reather predominating.

this little animal is frequently very fat and it's flesh is not unpleasant.
Meriwether Lewis