Mr. Jefferson needs a secretary
The Clarks and the Lewises
Lt. Clark and General Wayne
Tipple tax war: the Whiskey Rebellion
Mr. Jefferson and his secretary
Mr. Jefferson buys an empire
The Corps of Discovery starts
A winter's tale: Fort Mandan
Grizzly bears and rattlesnakes
The search for the Shoshones
A rifle in the underbrush
His Excellency, Governor Lewis
His Excellency, Governor Clark
More undiscovered country.
Illustrations: Mrs. John Marks: Lucy Marks was the mother of Meriwether Lewis
Julia Hancock: wife of William Clark, who called her "Judy"
Father and son silhouettes: William Lewis; Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis / Charles Willson Peale
William Clark / Charles Willson Peale
Mulberry Hill, Jefferson County, Kentucky, ca. 1896, was the home of William Clark's father, John Clark
Locust Hill, the Lewis home / Nancy E. Scott
Indian peace medal, supposedly given to Nez Perce chief, Twisted Hair, and later, in 1899, found near Clarkwater River, Idaho, during the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad
An "Indian Commission" issued in the name of President Jefferson to important chiefs on 31 Aug 1804. Meriwether Lewis signs as "Captain, First Infantry," and William Clark (a Lieutenant) signs as "captain on an expedition for north western discovery"
Missouri River boatmen / Charles Bodmer
Buffalo and elk / Charles Bodmer
Holding a council with the Indians / Patrick Gass
Arikara village / George Catlin
Minnetaree village in winter / Charles Bodmer
Interior of a Mandan lodge / Charles Bodmer
Illustrations: Mandan squaws: Sha-ko-ka (Mint); Mi-neek-e-sunk-te-ca (Mink) / George Catlin
Akikara squaw: Pshan-shaw (Sweet Scented Grass) / George Catlin
She-he-ke (Coyote, usually known as The Big White) was a subordinate chief of the Mandans / C.B.J.T. de St. Memin [Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin]
On the upper Missouri / Charles Bodmer
Nez Perce warriors: Rabbit Skin Leggings; No Horns on His Head. According to Nez Perce tradition almost a century later, "they walk to St. Louis to find Lewis and Clark, but when they get there Lewis already dead, too bad"
M'Neal treed by a bear / Patrick Gass
Grizzly bears / Charles Bodmer
The Rocky Mountains in the early nineteenth century / Charles Bodmer
Mandan bull-boats / Charles Bodmer
Junction of the Missouri and Yellowstone / Charles Bodmer: On their return trip in 1806, Lewis and Clark planned to split ...to cover as much ground as possible. Lewis was to go overland north of the Missouri ...Clark was to go south.
Maps: Detailed route of the Lewis and Clark expedition from the Mississippi River, north of St. Louis, Missouri, and following the Missouri River to north of Omaha, Nebraska / George A. Berk
Detailed route of the expedition from Omaha, Nebraska, and following the Missouri River to Pierre, South Dakota / George A. Berk
Maps: Detailed route of the expedition from Pierre, South Dakota, and following the Missouri River into Montana. Shows return route of Lewis along the Missouri River in Montana and return route of Clark along the Yellowstone River in Montana; shows return route of Lewis and Clark from junction of Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers and following Missouri River to Pierre, South Dakota / George A. Berk
Maps: Detailed route of the expedition southwest from Montana following the Jefferson River to the Continental Divide over the Rocky Mountains at Lemhi Pass, then north to Lola Pass in the Bitterroot Mountain Range, and then west along the Snake River. The expedition's return route follows the Snake River from Washington to where Lewis and Clark split; Lewis heads north and Clark heads south / George A. Berk
Maps: Detailed route of outward journey of Lewis and Clark through Montana; Lewis's and Clark's separate return routes through Montana / George A. Berk
