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Opening the West With Lewis and Clark: By Boat, Horse and Foot Up the Great River Missouri, Across the Stony Mountains and on to the Pacific, When in the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, Young Captain Lewis, the Long Knife, and His Friend Captain Clark, the Red Head Chief, Aided by Sacajawea, the Birdwoman, Conducted Their Little Band of Men Tried and True Through the Unknown New United StatesSabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

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Opening the West With Lewis and Clark: By Boat, Horse and Foot Up the Great River Missouri, Across the Stony Mountains and on to the Pacific, When in the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, Young Captain Lewis, the Long Knife, and His Friend Captain Clark, the Red Head Chief, Aided by Sacajawea, the Birdwoman, Conducted Their Little Band of Men Tried and True Through the Unknown New United States

Name: Opening the West With Lewis and Clark: By Boat, Horse and Foot Up the Great River Missouri, Across the Stony Mountains and on to the Pacific, When in the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, Young Captain Lewis, the Long Knife, and His Friend Captain Clark, the Red Head Chief, Aided by Sacajawea, the Birdwoman, Conducted Their Little Band of Men Tried and True Through the Unknown New United States
Author: Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) -- Fiction

Time proved the wisdom of President Jefferson’s preparations made
even before the territory had been bought. Just at the right moment
the trail across the continent was opened. Louisiana Territory was
valued at its future worth; the people were informed of its merits and
possibilities; after the return of the explorers, the American citizens
pressed forward, to see for themselves. And in due course the flag
floated unchallenged in that Oregon where, also, the Lewis and Clark
men had blazed the way.

I should like to have been under Captain Meriwether Lewis, turning
thirty, and Captain William Clark, scant thirty-four. They were true
leaders: brave, patient, resourceful and determined. And the company
that followed them were likewise, brave, patient, resourceful and
determined. These qualities are what bound them all together――the
American, the Frenchman, the Indian――as one united band, and brought
them through, triumphant.

                                                       EDWIN L. SABIN

DENVER, COLORADO




CONTENTS


 CHAPTER                                      PAGE
        THE EXPEDITION AND THE COUNTRY          11
        THE RANK AND FILE                       13
        I.  MAKING READY                        19
        II. THE START                           29
     I. THE COMING OF THE WHITE CHIEFS          41
    II. PETER GOES ABOARD                       55
   III. PETER MEETS THE CHIEFS                  65
    IV. TO THE LAND OF THE SIOUX                79
     V. BAD HEARTS                              92
    VI. THE CAPTAINS SHOW THEIR SPUNK          102
   VII. SNUG IN WINTER QUARTERS                112
  VIII. EXCITEMENT AT FORT MANDAN              121
    IX. PETER WINS HIS SPURS                   135
     X. THE KINGDOM OF THE “WHITE BEARS”       148
    XI. WHICH WAY TO THE COLUMBIA?             160
   XII. SEEKING THE BIRD-WOMAN’S PEOPLE        170
  XIII. HORSES AT LAST                         185
   XIV. ACROSS STARVATION MOUNTAINS            194
    XV. HOORAY FOR THE PACIFIC!                206
   XVI. THE WINTER AT FORT CLATSOP             217
  XVII. FRIENDLY YELLEPT, THE WALLA WALLA      227
 XVIII. THE PIERCED NOSES AGAIN                236
   XIX. BACK ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS              244
    XX. CAPTAIN LEWIS MEETS THE ENEMY          254
   XXI. THE HOME STRETCH                       263




THE EXPEDITION


    The Purpose                 To get information upon the
                                unexplored country extending
                                from the interior of
                                present Missouri to the
                                mouth of the Columbia River
                                in present Washington.

    The Start                   At St. Louis, Monday, May
                                14, 1804.

    The Finish                  At St. Louis, Tuesday, September
                                23, 1806.

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