Encounter Center plans Father's Day program Jun 12, 2008
Pierre Cruzatte, one of the Corps of Discovery s best boatmen, also was a fiddle player who provided entertainment for the expedition. Other explorers played harmonica, tambourine or the jaw harp. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
And so farewell to Lewis and Clark Aug 27, 2006
All of the strands reunited at Reunion Bay on Aug. 12, 1806, one day after poor Meriwether Lewis was accidentally shot in the buttocks by his otherwise trustworthy waterman, Pierre Cruzatte. Between Aug. 14 and Aug. 17, the expedition's leadership (now principally Clark; Lewis was nursing his wound and his humiliation) engaged in hectic diplomatic activity with the Mandan and Hidatsa people. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Capt. Lewis gets shot by fellow explorer Series on Web site Aug 26, 2006
Pierre Cruzatte (the Corps' one-eyed, nearsighted fiddle player) went elk hunting. Cruzatte, mistaking buckskin-clad Lewis for an elk, shot him in his backside. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Lewis and Clark's return to Montana marked beginning of next adventure Jul 3, 2006
Actor Daniel Slosberg portrays Pierre Cruzatte from the Lewis and Clark expedition as he re-enacts the group's first sighting of the Pacific Ocean at Travelers' Rest State Park on Sunday. Cruzatte, who traveled with Capts. (Missoulian, MT)
Corps reunites with the Nez Perce Indians Series on Web site May 27, 2006
com - Corps reunites with the Nez Perce Indians Series on Web site. Star Directory Online Yellow Pages'; this. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Lewis and Clark reenactors to observe 200th anniversary in Lewis and Clark expedition May 18, 2006
8 p.m. Daniel Slosberg plays the music that Corps member Pierre Cruzatte would have played, while describing the music of that time. Sunday, May 21. (Wood River Journal, ID)
