Lewis and Clark: Partners in DiscoveryThis is the first authoritative biography of the two great explorers charged by President Thomas Jefferson with exploring the lands beyond the headwaters of the Mississippi in 1803. In writing the work, Dr. Bakeless, noted American historian, drew on his own exhaustive field research as well as a wealth of original documents, including diaries kept by expedition members. These recorded not only the bold outlines of the trip with its Indian fights and other perils, but also such fascinating details as the number of buffaloes eaten, grizzly bears fought, the variety of plants and seeds collected, and the customs and lore of the Indian tribes. The expedition was planned with military precision down to the last grain of powder, but in the final analysis it was the courage and resourcefulness of the two leaders that kept the party together for three years. Their perseverance and “horse sense” in the face of incredible obstacles and hardships was largely responsible for the success of the undertaking, which in turn buttressed Jefferson’s vision of a United States stretching beyond the Continental Divide to the shores of the Pacific. Clear and well written, Dr. Bakeless’ book contains an immense amount of material unknown before its original publication, and the whole work is informed with the author’s fresh insights and keen perceptions. It will be welcomed by historians and students of American history but it will also be read with great enjoyment by anyone interested in the two remarkable men who led one of the most important and influential expeditions in the annals of exploration. |
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... Wayne chapter 5: Tipple tax war: the Whisky Rebellion chapter 6: Mr. Jefferson and his Secretary chapter 7: Mr. Jefferson buys an Empire chapter 8: Lieutenant Clark gets a letter chapter 9: The Corps of Discovery starts chapter 10: A ...
... Wayne chapter 5: Tipple tax war: the Whisky Rebellion chapter 6: Mr. Jefferson and his Secretary chapter 7: Mr. Jefferson buys an Empire chapter 8: Lieutenant Clark gets a letter chapter 9: The Corps of Discovery starts chapter 10: A ...
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... Each still warm and bloody head had a little mist rising above it in the chill November air. They looked, he said, like pumpkins scattered about a cornfield. chapter 4: Lieutenant Clark and General Wayne SOMETHING had to.
... Each still warm and bloody head had a little mist rising above it in the chill November air. They looked, he said, like pumpkins scattered about a cornfield. chapter 4: Lieutenant Clark and General Wayne SOMETHING had to.
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... Wayne, “a brave general and nothing else.” However, the times seemed to require a brave general, and Washington gave him the command in April, 1792. Wayne was only fifty and in vigorous health except that—like most other eighteenth ...
... Wayne, “a brave general and nothing else.” However, the times seemed to require a brave general, and Washington gave him the command in April, 1792. Wayne was only fifty and in vigorous health except that—like most other eighteenth ...
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... Wayne made the embarrassing discovery that he had practically no forces to command. Such troops as remained were in a state of contagious timidity. Half of headquarters were still in mourning for Major General Richard Butler, killed in ...
... Wayne made the embarrassing discovery that he had practically no forces to command. Such troops as remained were in a state of contagious timidity. Half of headquarters were still in mourning for Major General Richard Butler, killed in ...
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... Wayne's discipline as too severe, the Spanish spies reported. Terrified by the St. Clair disaster, Congress had in March of 1792 enlarged the forces to six regiments. General Henry Knox, Secretary of War, organized them into a single ...
... Wayne's discipline as too severe, the Spanish spies reported. Terrified by the St. Clair disaster, Congress had in March of 1792 enlarged the forces to six regiments. General Henry Knox, Secretary of War, organized them into a single ...
Contents
The Corps of Discovery starts | |
A winters tale Fort Mandan | |
Aboriginal amours | |
The next | |
Grizzly bears and rattlesnakes | |
At the Great Falls | |
The search for the Shoshones | |
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