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May
31, 1805
"I
saw near those bluffs the most beautifull fox that I ever beheld,
the colours appeared to me to be a fine orrange yellow, white, and
black; I endevored to kill this anamal but it discovered me at a
considerable distance, and finding that I could get no nearer, I
fired on him as he ran, and missed him; he concealed himself under
the rocks of the clift; it appeared to me to be about the size of
the common red fox of the Atlantic States, or reather smaller than
the large fox common to this country; convinced I am that it is
a distinct species." —Meriwether Lewis
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