L & C powder comtainer

Does anyone have any information on the Lewis & Clark powder containers? They were made of lead so they could be melted down and contained the proper ratio of powder to lead.

 

[musketman]

This is all I could find on this intresting subject at this time...

In order to keep the powder dry on the trip, Lewis and Clark decided to carry it in lead containers. That way, as they went along, they would melt down a container to make rifle shot while using the powder from that container to fire the shot.


Imagine if they tried to melt a full can? :shocking:

 

[Haggis]

There are references to "tin canisters" being carried by certain Indians as well as this small sampling of excerpts:

[Lewis, June 10, 1805]
Monday June 10th 1805.