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Weapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Paperback)
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When Meriwether Lewis began shopping for supplies and firearms to
take on the Corps of Discovery's journey west, his first stop was a
federal arsenal. For the following twenty-nine months, from the
time the Lewis and Clark expedition left Camp Dubois with a cannon
salute in 1804 until it announced its return from the West Coast to
St. Louis with a volley in 1806, weapons were a crucial component
of the participants' tool kit. In Weapons of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition, historian Jim Garry describes the arms and ammunition
the expedition carried and the use and care those weapons received.
The Corps of Discovery's purposes were to explore the Missouri and
Columbia river basins, to make scientific observations, and to
contact the tribes along the way for both science and diplomacy.
Throughout the trek, the travelers used their guns to procure food
- they could consume around 350 pounds of meat a day - and to
protect themselves from dangerous animals. Firearms were also
invaluable in encounters with Indian groups, as guns were one of
the most sought-after trade items in the West. As Garry notes, the
explorers' willingness to demonstrate their weapons' firepower
probably kept meetings with some tribes from becoming violent. The
mix of arms carried by the expedition extended beyond rifles and
muskets to include pistols, knives, espontoons, a cannon, and
blunderbusses. Each chapter focuses on one of the major types of
weapons and weaves accounts from the expedition journals with the
author's knowledge gained from field-testing the muskets and rifles
he describes. Appendices tally the weapons carried and explain how
the expedition's flintlocks worked. Weapons of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition integrates original research with a lively narrative.
This encyclopedic reference will be invaluable to historians and
weaponry aficionados.
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