This left historians with the impression that Seaman was still alive. Most also feel that if anything had happened to him, the event would have been recorded. Holmberg has done some additional sleuthing to determine what happened to the dog.
Eventually Holmberg came upon some information in a book published in that leads him to believe that Seaman survived the trip and continued to make his life with Meriwether Lewis. The book that led Holmberg to this conclusion was a book of epitaphs and inscriptions of the day, recorded by a clergyman and educator named Timothy Alden.
According to Holcomb, Entry of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions lists an inscription that was on a dog collar that had been donated to a museum in Alexandria, Virginia. The inscription read:. Lewis had suffered from depression for many years but whether the death was suicide—as most historians feel—or murder is still an ongoing discussion.
After the melancholy exit of gov. Lewis, his dog would not depart for a moment from his lifeless remains; and when they were deposited in the earth no gentle means could draw him from the spot of interment. Unfortunately the collar cannot be found. The museum suffered a fire in when many artifacts were lost.
The ledgers from that period still exist but Holmberg notes that while they did not mention the donation of a dog collar, they also appeared to be generally incomplete. Pingback: Meet The Newfoundland Dog. My poor dog suffers with them excessively. He is constantly biting and scratching himself as if in a rack of pain. The prickly pear also grow here as abundantly as usual. Seaman even served as an "ambassador" of sorts with Indian nations, like the Shoshone, who were completely unacquainted with Anglo-American culture.
Lewis wrote on August 17, that "Every article about us appeared to excite astonishment in their minds; the appearance of the men, their arms, the canoes, our manner of working them, the black man York and the sagacity of my dog were equally objects of admiration.
There were very few mentions of Seaman during the winter at Fort Clatsop; it would be interesting to know what he thought as the men purchased dogs to eat when they did not have other types of meat. Although Seaman was not mentioned in the journals after June recently discovered information seems to indicate that he survived the trip and returned to St.
Louis with Lewis and Clark. One Memorial Drive Suite St. Louis , MO Explore This Park. Gateway Arch National Park Missouri. Info Alerts Maps Calendar Reserve. Alerts In Effect Dismiss. Dismiss View all alerts. Image courtesy of Katherene and Marlin Brown. Click here to go back to Corps of Discovery to read about other members of the expedition! Last updated: April 10, A sweet, devoted companion, the Newfoundland will protect children, haul leaves and firewood, save drowning people, and compete successfully in obedience and tracking trials.
At the end of a day's fishing, the day's catch was loaded into a cart, and the dog was hitched up to haul the load into town. Other Newfoundlands pulled wagons to deliver milk and mail throughout the island. There are many legends of Newfoundlands saving drowning victims by carrying lifelines to sinking ships. The dogs were kept in the "dog walk" on early sailing ships. If the sea was too choppy when land was sighted, the dog carried a line to land.
The origin of this working breed is disputed. Vikings and Basque fishermen visited Newfoundland as early as AD and wrote accounts of the natives working side by side with these retrieving dogs. The breed as we know it today was developed in England, while the island of Newfoundland nearly legislated the native breed to extinction in The Newfoundland has a stiff, oily outer coat of moderate length and a fleecy undercoat to adapt to the harsh climate of its home island.
The oil repels water.
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