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"While Lewis oversees construction of the expedition's barge at Pittsburgh, much of North America is intrigued by the recent purchase of Louisiana from France. From his Monticello home, President Jefferson discusses constitutional questions regarding the treaty with future Attorney General John Breckinridge. From New Orleans, the American Consul, Daniel Clark, reports on the attitudes of the people living there."

"As the enlisted men and engagés move the boats around an eighteen-mile bend in the Missouri River—present Snyder Bend—a coyote barks like a feist dog. At camp, mosquitoes are "verry troublesome" and in Sgt. Floyd's mess, Pvt. Weiser replaces Pvt. Thompson as cook."

"Lewis’s small detachment crosses the Continental Divide and enters present Idaho. Pvt. McNeal bestrides the “mighty & heretofore deemed endless Missouri” and they see many more mountains that the expedition will need to cross. On the Beaverhead River, the enlisted men complain about the near-impossible task of dragging the heavy dugout canoes up the shallow and rapid river. In Washington [...]"

"Below the Little Knife River in present North Dakota, the two captains finally reunite after going separate ways from Travelers’ Rest on 3 July 1806. They share stories, abandon Sgt. Pryor’s bull boats, treat Lewis's gunshot wound, and proceed on. Lewis writes his last daily journal entry."

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2400+ pages of all things Lewis and Clark

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