The Dog at the Heart of the Corps of Discovery Expedition

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One of the most famous members of the Corps of Discovery Expedition (aka, the Lewis and Clark Expedition) was a four legged 150-pound Newfoundland named Seaman. Join us on this episode of Footnoting History as we take a look at one dog’s remarkable journey, and learn about the lives of working dogs in the early years of the Republic. 

Host: Ben

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Further Reading
American Kennel Club. “Newfoundland Breed History: From Fisherman’s Helpers to Loyal Guards.”   

Eds., Kris Fresonke and Mark Spence, Lewis & Clark: Legacies, Memories, and New Perspectives, University of California Press (2004).

“Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition” University of Nebraska – Lincoln Center for Great Plains Studies.
 
Joshua Abram Kercsmar, “Wolves at Heart: How Dog Evolution Shaped Whites’ Perceptions of Indians in North America”, Environmental History 21:3 (2016), 516-540.
 
Strothers E. Roberts, “The Dog Days of Winter,” Northeastern Naturalist 24:7 (2017) H1-H21.
 
Jillian J. Sayre, “But for his dog: Companion Animals in American Frontier Narratives,” ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, 30:3 (2023) 678-704.
 
Image
“Statue of the American explorers Meriwether Lewis (in hat) and William Clark outside the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City, Iowa,” photographed by Carol M. Highsmith on 08/04/2016. Courtesy of the Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

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This episode is part of our Dog History series.

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)