Alan Longmire
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Alan,
I just finished reading ( on a kindle that makes it easier for me to read)This Vast Enterprise By Craig Fehrman..... about Louis & Clark with added info he had found and speculated on.... it was an interesting read... and points of view from the native perspective ..... you know better than most how difficult retelling history is.... in the appendix there are photos ..one of them is of a pipe hawk that "Lewis owned at his death and was probably carried with him on the expedition.".... I must admit I do not know how to take a screen shot ( a sad comment on me I know) so I took a pic of it with my iPad from my laptop screen.... it is on page 389 in the book......
I do not buy the notion this pipe hawk traveled with Lewis on the expedition ..... here is a pic ...
I think it is too pristine to have weathered 18 months on the trail.... what do you know about it ? I think it is a beauty and your versions are very much in line with the authentic of this .... Dick
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Yep, that's the one I copied! It was made by John Small, gunsmith, of Vincennes, Indiana and presented to Lewis when he became governor of the Louisiana territory after the expedition had reported to Jefferson. So, sometime between 1806 and 1809. It's in the Alabama Historical Society Museum on loan from a private owner. That photo of the original is a little misleading. Makes the handle look shorter than it is, and the blade as well.
Original:
Mine.
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