: Opening the West With Lewis and Clark By Boat Horse and Foot Up the Great River Missouri Across the Stony Mountains and on to the Pacific When in the Years 1804 1805 1806 Young Captain Lewis the Long Knife and His Friend Captain Clark the Red Head Chief A

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THE EXPEDITION

The Purpose To get information upon the unexplored country extending from the interior of present Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River in present Washington.

The Start At St. Louis, Monday, May 14, 1804.

The Finish At St. Louis, Tuesday, September 23, 1806.

Time Consumed Two years, four months, and nine days.

Distance Travelled To the mouth of the Columbia: 4134 miles. Back to St. Louis: 3555 miles. Counting side trips: 8000 miles, total.

Methods Employed Boats, horses and afoot.

The Route Up the Missouri River to its sources in present Montana; across the Bitter Root Mountains into present Idaho; by way of the Clearwater River, the Snake River and the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.

The Party Out of St. Louis Forty-five.

The Party Who Went Through Thirty-three: the two captains, twenty-three American soldiers, five French-Canadian and French-Indian boatmen and interpreters, one negro servant, one Indian woman guide, and one baby.

Deaths One.

Seriously Injured One.

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