Cows! Cause for Joy
Journal 2006 09 20
Cows! Cause for Joy
Three of the soldiers are suffering from an ailment that has there eyes and lips swollen to the point they can’t see or row. Yesterday “Dr.” Clark thinks it may be the low angle of the sun reflecting off the water. Modern chemists attribute the malady to dermatitis which can result from the handling of pawpaws. Or it could be a case of infectious conjunctivitis. (For those like me who are wondering what in the world is a pawpaw it is a papaya like fruit native to North America. It was spread by Native Americans and is many times called the “Poor Man’s Banana.”)
“…as three of the party was unabled to row from the State of their eyes we found it necessary to leave one of our Crafts and divide the men into the other Canoes, we left the two Canoes lashed together which I had made high up the River Rochejhone, those Canoes we Set a drift and a little after day light we Set out and proceeded on very well.” Captain Clark.
So the double canoe is left behind to wash up on the shore for some kids to play with! Think about what would happen with that canoe today. It would be accounted for and awarded to some museum curator for care and exhibition. Wouldn’t the Smithsonian Museum love to have the hand built canoes from the Yellowstone River hanging in Washington DC?
“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier…” Paul the Apostle (2 Timothy 2:3-5 ASV) I’ve said many times in these writings that this was first and foremost a military mission. It was different in that part of the mission was also a scientific mission. The cargo was important the boat was not. Abandoning the canoes this close to the end of the mission illustrates that the Captains were still focused on the mission and not its memory. The race is never over until you cross the finish line. Captain Clark records “…the party being extreemly anxious to get down ply their ores very well…” and the men are finishing strong.
“…we Saw Some cows on the bank which was a joyfull Sight to the party and Caused a Shout to be raised for joy…” William Clark. No buffalo, no elk, no bear, no deer. Cows! How often do we see cows as a source of joy? Only if you are a city kid who never enters farmland. As we drive from our home in Bothell, WA to my hometown in Auburn, WA the freeway passes through a dairy and the cry is, “Cows! OOOh do they stink!”
I’m going to let William Clark’s words describe the balance of their day. “…the men raised a Shout and Sprung upon their ores and we soon landed opposit to the Village. our party requested to be permited to fire off their Guns which was alowed & they discharged 3 rounds with a harty Cheer, which was returned from five tradeing boats which lay opposit the village. we landed and were very politely received by two young Scotch men from Canada one in the employ of Mr. Aird a Mr. and the other Mr. Reed, two other boats the property of Mr. Lacomb & Mr. [blank] all of those boats were bound to the Osage and Ottoes. those two young Scotch gentlemen furnished us with Beef flower and Some pork for our men, and gave us a very agreeable supper. as it was like to rain we accepted of a bed in one of their tents…”
“…every person, both French and americans Seem to express great pleasure at our return, and acknowledged them selves much astonished in Seeing us return. they informed us that we were Supposed to have been lost long Since, and were entirely given out by every person &c.”
The lost is found and there is great joy.
Proceed on.
Cows! Cause for Joy
Three of the soldiers are suffering from an ailment that has there eyes and lips swollen to the point they can’t see or row. Yesterday “Dr.” Clark thinks it may be the low angle of the sun reflecting off the water. Modern chemists attribute the malady to dermatitis which can result from the handling of pawpaws. Or it could be a case of infectious conjunctivitis. (For those like me who are wondering what in the world is a pawpaw it is a papaya like fruit native to North America. It was spread by Native Americans and is many times called the “Poor Man’s Banana.”)
“…as three of the party was unabled to row from the State of their eyes we found it necessary to leave one of our Crafts and divide the men into the other Canoes, we left the two Canoes lashed together which I had made high up the River Rochejhone, those Canoes we Set a drift and a little after day light we Set out and proceeded on very well.” Captain Clark.
So the double canoe is left behind to wash up on the shore for some kids to play with! Think about what would happen with that canoe today. It would be accounted for and awarded to some museum curator for care and exhibition. Wouldn’t the Smithsonian Museum love to have the hand built canoes from the Yellowstone River hanging in Washington DC?
“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier…” Paul the Apostle (2 Timothy 2:3-5 ASV) I’ve said many times in these writings that this was first and foremost a military mission. It was different in that part of the mission was also a scientific mission. The cargo was important the boat was not. Abandoning the canoes this close to the end of the mission illustrates that the Captains were still focused on the mission and not its memory. The race is never over until you cross the finish line. Captain Clark records “…the party being extreemly anxious to get down ply their ores very well…” and the men are finishing strong.
“…we Saw Some cows on the bank which was a joyfull Sight to the party and Caused a Shout to be raised for joy…” William Clark. No buffalo, no elk, no bear, no deer. Cows! How often do we see cows as a source of joy? Only if you are a city kid who never enters farmland. As we drive from our home in Bothell, WA to my hometown in Auburn, WA the freeway passes through a dairy and the cry is, “Cows! OOOh do they stink!”
I’m going to let William Clark’s words describe the balance of their day. “…the men raised a Shout and Sprung upon their ores and we soon landed opposit to the Village. our party requested to be permited to fire off their Guns which was alowed & they discharged 3 rounds with a harty Cheer, which was returned from five tradeing boats which lay opposit the village. we landed and were very politely received by two young Scotch men from Canada one in the employ of Mr. Aird a Mr. and the other Mr. Reed, two other boats the property of Mr. Lacomb & Mr. [blank] all of those boats were bound to the Osage and Ottoes. those two young Scotch gentlemen furnished us with Beef flower and Some pork for our men, and gave us a very agreeable supper. as it was like to rain we accepted of a bed in one of their tents…”
“…every person, both French and americans Seem to express great pleasure at our return, and acknowledged them selves much astonished in Seeing us return. they informed us that we were Supposed to have been lost long Since, and were entirely given out by every person &c.”
The lost is found and there is great joy.
Proceed on.
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