[183] One of the half-breed sons of Pierre Dorion (Durion), who accompanied Lewis and Clark as interpreter. See Bradbury's Travels, in our volume v, note 7.—Ed.
[184] Red-head was the customary Indian name for Governor William Clark, and St. Louis was "Red-head's Town." For sketch of Clark, see Nuttall's Journal, in our volume xiii, note 105.—Ed.
[185] It was a party of the Grand Pawnees that robbed and ill-treated Lieutenant Pike and his party, when traversing the country within their range.—James.
[186] See Appendix C at the end of volume xvii.—Ed.
[187] 1. Sorex parvus, Say.—Brownish cinereous above; beneath cinereous; teeth blackish; tail short, of moderate thickness.
Body above brownish cinereous, beneath cinereous; head elongated; eyes and ears concealed; whiskers long, the longest nearly attaining the back of the head; nose naked emarginate; front teeth black, lateral ones piceous; feet whitish, five-toed; nails prominent, acute, white; tail short, subcylindric, of moderate thickness, slightly thicker in the middle, whitish beneath.
| Length from tip of nose to root of tail, | 2 3⁄8 inches. |
| Length of tail, | 0 3⁄4 inches. |
| Length from the upper teeth to tip of nose, | 0 3⁄20 inches. |
Mr. Peale caught this animal in a pitfall, which he had dug for the purpose of catching a wolf. It is a female.
Barton, in his Medical and Physical Journal for 1806, p. 67, says, that, "Sorex minutissimus of Zimmerman, has been discovered in the trans-Mississippi part of the United States, in the country that is watered by the Missouri;" —had he reference to this species?
This sorex minutissimus, is probably synonymous with S. exilis, to which our specimens cannot be referred, whilst the character attributed to that species, of "tail very thick in the middle," is considered essential.