Seaman-"A dogs tail"
August, 1803
A man took me from my old owner, it was crazy, I was minding my own business getting to know the other dogs and the guy comes out of no where saying " I want him" and my old owner just gives me away. I don't think much of it, this man seems very nice. Today we boarded onto a ship and everyone was going every which way, I got onto the ship and immediately noticed the other dogs and they noticed me too I couldn't wait to play with them and sniff their butts. I learned my new owners name was Mariweather Lewis or Lewis for short I love him because he fed me. I could tell we would be great friends April 22, 1805 I didn't remember much that happened before all I remember was meeting these strange people that didn't speak like my master but I didn't pay much attention to that because I found something much more important a new smell, it smelled as if there were other creatures living among the new land, I couldn't wait to play with them! I took my master for a walk by the shore and that's when a odd looking dog with horns came and attached itself to my master. He didn't look like he wanted to play with me, I think he wanted to steal my master so I had to compete and I won and the weird dog left. May 14, 1805 Today was not a good day, as I was exploring I got bit by something called a bea-ver, whatever it was made master have to open my leg and take care of it, I could have died but as always master looked out for me and took care of me! May 29, 1805 Tonight another dog with with horns came but this time it was bigger master master called it a buffalo. I think I saved master because after I ran the buffalo away master said " good boy" and fed my lots of food. I should run those things away more often. June 27, 1805 Many of my dog friends have disappeared when my master and his friends eat I can smell them. At night ears come out and eat our dead buffalo, I bark to let my master know there is a presence near, I want to keep my master safe because I've grown to love him and him and his friends have taken a liking to me and all my stink. (Early), 1806 While traveling the strange humans that speak different words took me away while master wasn't looking, I didn't know what they were doing but I had seen some talk to master. Then for what felt like years my master came with some of his pack and got me then they left, as a dog I have powers to sense feelings but even without those powers any simple minded CAT would be able to feel the tension between master and the strange people. July 15, 1806 This was the worst part of the journey I don't know why but we had to go back the direction we came I basically led the way because I was the only dog that remembered the scent of the way we came, I was the only doge period. There were so many bugs that bit you and kept biting shaking them off wasn't helping, the bugs were relentless they kept coming back, it was absolute torture, I was howling in pain I felt the urge to give up but I pushed through to be the only dog, the only animal to survive the journey to and from wherever we were supposed to go, humans a strange. Website links: http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/seaman.htm |
Lewis had originally bought the dog Seaman to eat the dog, there were over 200 dogs on the expedition and evidently the crew had become attached to the dog and spared just him and ate the other dogs.
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