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Lewis and Clark Return

Today's installment concludes The Lewis and Clark Expedition,the name of our combined selection from James Davie Butler and Robert Southey. The

During the winter they sought for all the information in their power concerning the country and the inhabitants.Continuing The Lewis and Clark

The mountains were equally inaccessible; neither man nor beast could pass them, and therefore neither he nor any of his nation had ever attempted

Three days afterward, when they were in sight of the Rocky Mountains.Continuing The Lewis and Clark Expedition,our selection from an essay

The locality of La Salle's assassination is sufficiently clear, from a comparison of the several narratives.Previously in The Discovery of the Great

On the third day after this remarkable pass they came to a fork in the river which completely perplexed them.Continuing The Lewis and Clark

On April 26th they reached the Yellowstone River, which they learned from the Indians rises in the Rocky Mountains near the Missouri and the Platte,

Surprising a squaw so encumbered with pappooses that she could not escape, they won her heart by the gift of a looking-glass and painting her

This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Importance of the Expedition.IntroductionMore and more, as