Essentials of United States history . Mississippi. Before the purchase ofLouisiana was proposed, Jefferson had commissioned Meri-wether Lewis, his private secretary, and William Clark to organ-ize an expedition to explore the western land lying between theFather of Waters and the Great South Sea, and, if possi-ble, to find a path either by river or by land to the Pacific. These two brave men left St. Louis in May, 1804, wentup the Missouri River to the Mandan country, and winterednear where the city of Bismarck now stands. In the spring JEFFERSONS ADMINISTRATION (1801-1809) 203 following they
Essentials of United States history . Mississippi. Before the purchase ofLouisiana was proposed, Jefferson had commissioned Meri-wether Lewis, his private secretary, and William Clark to organ-ize an expedition to explore the western land lying between theFather of Waters and the Great South Sea, and, if possi-ble, to find a path either by river or by land to the Pacific. These two brave men left St. Louis in May, 1804, wentup the Missouri River to the Mandan country, and winterednear where the city of Bismarck now stands. In the spring JEFFERSONS ADMINISTRATION (1801-1809) 203 following they pushed on and by early summer reached thesnow-capped mountains. These they crossed, and floatingdown the Columbia River in canoes of their own construc-tion, they were at last gladdened by the sight of the greatocean. They reached the Pacific in November, 1805, andwintered on the shores of Youngs Bay, near the mouth ofthe Columbia. The next year, 1806, starting as early as thecondition of the country would allow, they retraced their.
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