The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the ExpeditionYale University Press, 10/06/2004 - 320 páginas “Combines adventure, mystery, and tragedy . . . a ‘Who’s Who’ of explorers who opened the pathway for an ocean-to-ocean America.” —St. Joseph News-Press (Missouri) |
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... record for this book is available from the British Library . The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources ...
... record their progress . All this reflected Thomas Jefferson's masterful planning of the expedition . Medical supplies included lances and flannel , opium and essence of peppermint . Zoological artifacts such as prairie dogs , buffalo ...
... record of the toasts that were made. “To the president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson,” rang out a voice, and all raised their glasses. “To his cabi- net,” someone else said, and they drank again. Then they toasted the expe ...
... record shows he would have fought bravely.14 An expert hunter and woodsman, Field was about twenty-seven at the time of his death, possibly one year older than his brother and fellow expe- dition member Reubin Field. As far as we know ...
... record described him as having black hair, black eyes, and a fair complexion. He was a miller by occupation. Through- out his first year with Lisa, Potts had piled up one debt after another to keep himself in guns, ammunition, traps ...
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The Deaths of George Gibson JeanBaptiste Lepage and John Shields | 75 |
The Corps and the War of 1812 | 118 |
John Collins and Toussaint Charbonneau Among the Mountain Men | 127 |
The Sad Fate of York | 139 |
William Clarks Accounting of Expedition Members | 149 |
The Final Decades of the Corps | 162 |
Appendix A Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition | 187 |
Appendix B The Death of Meriwether Lewis | 203 |
Appendix C The Sacagawea Controversy | 210 |
George Shannons Early Career | 82 |
Illustrations | 88 |
George Drouillards Death at the Hands of the Blackfeet | 89 |
William Bratton and John Ordway and the Great Earthquake | 97 |
Sacagaweas Death | 106 |
Notes | 215 |
Bibliography | 255 |
Acknowledgments | 271 |
Index | 273 |
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