THE LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION PRESENTS MOMENTS IN TIME WITH ENTRIES FROM THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK

JULY 15TH, 1806 A LITTLE BEFORE DARK MCNEAL RETURNED WITH HIS MUSKET BROKEN OFF AT THE BREECH.

HE HAD APPROACHED A WHITE BEAR WITHIN TEN FEET WITHOUT DISCOVERING HIM. THE HORSE TOOK THE ALARM AND TURNING SHORT, THREW HIM IMMEDIATELY ONTO THE BEAR.

THIS ANIMAL RAISED HIMSELF ON HIS HINDER FEET FOR THAT AND GAVE HIM TIME TO RECOVER FROM HIS FALL WHICH HE DID IN AN INSTANT AND WITH HIS CLUBBED MUSKET HE STRUCK THE BEAR OVER THE HEAD AND CUT HIM WITH THE GUARD OF THE GUN AND BROKE OFF THE BREECH.

THIS GAVE MCNEAL TIME TO CLIMB A WILLOW TREE WHICH WAS NEAR AT HAND.

IT SEEMS THAT THE HAND OF PROVIDENCE HAS BEEN MOST WONDERFULLY IN OUR FAVOR WITH RESPECT TO THEM OR SOME OF US WOULD LONG SINCE HAVE FALLEN SACRIFICE TO THEIR FEROCITY. – MERIWETHER LEWIS

MOMENTS IN TIME FROM THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK.