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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... killed by Indians in Kentucky alone, and the raiders were even more active in Ohio. One of Clark's brothers was killed by Indians on the Wabash about this time. British agents helped on the bushwhacking. Announcing the end of the ...
... killed by Indians in Kentucky alone, and the raiders were even more active in Ohio. One of Clark's brothers was killed by Indians on the Wabash about this time. British agents helped on the bushwhacking. Announcing the end of the ...
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... killed whom they could, scalped the dead, stole what they found, and disappeared. Still the white men came. Kentucky was plainly lost to the red man. Ohio would be lost too. Many of the older chiefs remembered well enough how they had ...
... killed whom they could, scalped the dead, stole what they found, and disappeared. Still the white men came. Kentucky was plainly lost to the red man. Ohio would be lost too. Many of the older chiefs remembered well enough how they had ...
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... killed ten chiefs—including Daniel Boone's Shawnee fosterfather, Black Fish—burned over two hundred Indian cabins, and destroyed about 15,000 bushels of corn. Young William Clark may have been one of the 400 to 500 militia who rode on ...
... killed ten chiefs—including Daniel Boone's Shawnee fosterfather, Black Fish—burned over two hundred Indian cabins, and destroyed about 15,000 bushels of corn. Young William Clark may have been one of the 400 to 500 militia who rode on ...
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... killed more Indians, and destroyed more Wabash towns. With this group went William Clark, now nineteen. He spent the winter of 1789— 1790 helping guard against the Indian retaliation that followed. By 1790, it was apparent that reliance ...
... killed more Indians, and destroyed more Wabash towns. With this group went William Clark, now nineteen. He spent the winter of 1789— 1790 helping guard against the Indian retaliation that followed. By 1790, it was apparent that reliance ...
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... killed such women as they caught by driving stakes through their bodies and into the ground. Dead soldiers were later found with their mouths filled with dirt—a bit of aboriginal satire on American greed for land. One belated straggler ...
... killed such women as they caught by driving stakes through their bodies and into the ground. Dead soldiers were later found with their mouths filled with dirt—a bit of aboriginal satire on American greed for land. One belated straggler ...
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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