The Artifact Clues 
Here are the clues for the artifacts to find for
your cards. Note: they are not numbered
chronologically; the best way to find them is to simply do the journey and find
what you can.
Each
one of these clues leads to an artifact.
Find the artifact and write it on the blank, then mark the appropriate
numbered box on your Lewis & Clark Scavenger Bingo Card. For verification also fill in the blank on
the card itself.
1) Found
on the
2) A “mild, inoffensive people”, they traded
with the British and Americans and lived on the banks of
the
3) Native Americans used this wood for archery
bows _______________________
4) Famous for flying in Vs, a sub-species of
Canadian variety ____________________
5) Know n as “Hole in the Wall”. ______________________
6) Practiced “Head-flattening”, from infancy
compressing the head between two boards ___________________
7) Sometimes mistaken for rattlers, but
non-venomous ___________________
8) 3577 were left as of 1990 ______________________
9) First found on
10)
The most widespread carnivore in the
11)
Don’t eat these! Very poisonous if
ingested ______________________
12)
Snow-white peaks in July! It must be
______________________
13)
“Difficult to approach, and fast-moving on land and water” – this is not what
you’d expect from this animal, found July 29, 1806 ______________________
14)
Killed more often by avalanches and mudslides, than by predators
____________________
15)
Lives in Grizzly country, defends itself 30,000 ways ___________________
16)
These markings aren’t too lucky for this hibernating mammal. __________________
17)
Toussaint Charbonneau’s
wife _______________________
18)
This is the echinacea
of cold-remedy fame _____________________
19)
A nice supper if you can catch a 150-lb one of these, the largest of its kind
_____________________
20)
29 left by 1910 ________________________
21)
Skin secretions are among the deadliest natural skin secretions ____________________
22)
Coo-ah, coo, coo, coo ____________________
23)
Probable ingredient in peace pipe, noted October 12, 1804 _______________________
24)
Our largest shorebird ____________________
25)
Two subspecies of this are on US endangered-species list. ______________________
26)
In winter, feeds exclusively on conifer needles _______________________
27)
Native Americans use this biscuitroot as a food
source __________________________
28)
Male has a purple neck patch and yellow comb over eye ____________________
29)
White Buffalo Robe Unfolded ________________________
30)
Smallest wild dog in
31)
Call is a sharp CHICK! _______________________
32)
Black Moccasin ______________________
33)
Sometimes substituted for sage, but potentially toxic ______________________
34)
Lewis and Clark were the first
to officially name this common prairie animal ______________________________
35)
First found April 24, 1806 … apparently likes to hang around between people’s
houses ______________________________
36)
37)
Square thing found near the fork in the river _____________________
38)
He scratches with his hands ___________________________
39)
Gives good caviar ____________________________
40)
Largest and best-known of the common owls _______________________
41)
Crotalus
viridis oreganos ________________________
42)
Sky blue flowers that bloom all
summer ________________________
43)
The expedition killed one just below Big Muddy Creek _________________________
44)
This Pompey is not in
45)
Just a couple other names for this are: turkeybeard, bear lily, and pine lily
__________________________
46)
“Prairie Wolves” ________________________
47)
Beautiful and showlike, can cause a rash like poison
ivy _____________________
48)
Fascinated with shiny objects ________________________
49)
Breeds in or near
50)
They did range in range in Western Dakotas,
______________________