The train rolled into the great railway station. Wondering onlookers stopped for a moment and turned as they saw three lean, sunbrowned boys stand at attention and give the Scout salute to the older man who turned to them and, smiling, snapped his hand into the regulation salute of the Army. And so, as Jesse smilingly said, the Company of Volunteers for Northwestern Discovery disbanded for that year. THE END TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: 1. Words with one or more letters enclosed in {} indicate that the original word, in the book, had those characters in superscript. 2. No changes have been made in the spelling, punctuation or capitalization in the sections quoted from Meriwether Lewis's Journal. 3. Minor changes have been made to correct typesetters errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain faithful to the author's words and intent.