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The thirty-fourth member of the expedition was a huge, shaggy black dog named Seaman, purchased by Captain Lewis in August of 1803 for $20 — quite a large sum of money at the time. Seaman was a breed of dog, quite rare in the United States in the early 1800s, known as a Newfoundland.
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THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG (You are here) ... Born as a canine seaman, the Newfoundland was a standard piece of equipment on every fishing boat in Canada's maritime province that gave the breed its name. Fishing has always been Newfoundland's chief industry; ... Meriwether Lewis's Newfoundland dog - SEAMAN...
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www.lewisandclarktrail.com/newfoundland.htm
www.lewisandclarktrail.com/newfoundland.htm
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SEAMAN - LEWIS' NEWFOUNDLAND DOG; (You are here); Lewis purchased the Newfoundland dog for $20.00 in 1803 ... Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery ate over 200 dogs while traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail? However, Lewis' Newfoundland dog - SEAMAN- was spared.
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www.lewisandclarktrail.com/seaman.htm
www.lewisandclarktrail.com/seaman.htm
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Seaman (dog) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seaman , a black Newfoundland dog, became famous for being a member of the first American overland expedition from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast and back. He was purchased for $20 by Captai...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_(dog)
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Newfoundland (dog) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Newfoundland is a large, usually black, breed of dog originally used as a working dog in Newfoundland. They are famously known for their giant size and tremendous strength, and for their sweet d...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_(dog)
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my dog even howls with the torture he experiences from them.” It is unclear whether Seaman traveled the last leg of the journey down the Missouri River to St. Louis. No post-expedition primary documentation has been found linking a Newfoundland dog to the exploring enterprise.
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www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/seaman.html
www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/seaman.html
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Learn about the dog that accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition. Find out when Seaman is mentioned in the journals that the explorers kept. Read more about the Newfoundland breed of dog. There is also a coloring page and a website where students can email Seaman with questions about the expedition.
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A Newfoundland named Seaman accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Nana, the children's "nurse" in the original Peter Pan, was a Newfoundland ... The best description of the character of the Newfoundland dog is the epitaph written by Lord Byron inscribed on the grave of his Newfoundland:
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www.canismajor.com/dog/newf.html
www.canismajor.com/dog/newf.html
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