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One pipe given to the company by White Pigeon

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

December 28, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 45

Additional Source Text:

This artifact appears on a long list of "Articles collected by Meriwether Lewis Esqr. and William Clark Esq. in their voyage and Journey of Discovery, up the Missouri to its source and to the Pacific Ocean, presented at different periods, through the president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson."

Notes:

Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) undertook their western Expedition in 1804-1806.

White Pigeon may have been the Potawatomi chief Wahbememe (known as White Pigeon), who died before 1827. See https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340551