Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage
across the North American continent. President Thomas Jefferson
shared this dream. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up
the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along
possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark led this expedition of 1804-6. Along the way they
filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the
geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the
trans-Mississippi West.
This last volume recounts the expedition's experiences as they
continued their journey homeward from present-day Idaho and the
party divided for separate exploration. Lewis probed the northern
extent of the Louisiana Purchase on the Marias River, while Clark
traveled southeast toward the Yellowstone to explore the river and
make contact with local Indians. Lewis's party suffered from bad
luck: they encountered grizzlies, horse thieves, and the
expedition's only violent encounter with Native inhabitants, the
Piegan Blackfeet. Lewis was also wounded in a hunting accident. The
two parties eventually reunited below the mouth of the Yellowstone
and arrived back in St. Louis to a triumphal welcome in September
1806.
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