The history of the Louisiana purchase . reached November 15,1805. Hence they returned in the followingyear, having let light through the had gone without harm through the186 what a Century Has Brought Forth most dangerous tribes, and cojDed witli allnatural perils with scarce a casualty. Theylost one man by death, and Lewis, with hisown rifle, shot one Indian, when the lives ofthe party seemed to depend upon a showof vigor. Their management of the savageswhom they encountered was a marvel ofadroitness and full of the spirit of own bearing and that of their men,no
The history of the Louisiana purchase . reached November 15,1805. Hence they returned in the followingyear, having let light through the had gone without harm through the186 what a Century Has Brought Forth most dangerous tribes, and cojDed witli allnatural perils with scarce a casualty. Theylost one man by death, and Lewis, with hisown rifle, shot one Indian, when the lives ofthe party seemed to depend upon a showof vigor. Their management of the savageswhom they encountered was a marvel ofadroitness and full of the spirit of own bearing and that of their men,not one of whom faltered, was full of manlyresolution. In the annals of America thereare few things pleas-anter or more credit-able than the storyof Lewis and their namesshould be coupledthat of LieutenantZebulon M. Pike,whose expeditions,contemporary withthat of Lewis andClark, first into north-ern Minnesota, and afterward far into Colo-rado and south into Mexico, though under-taken under unfortunate auspices, the patron-187. History of The Louisiana Purchase age of the worthless Wilkinson, were markedby skill and heroism. When Pike and Lewisand Clark had returned, and their maps andjournals were sj)read abroad, it began to seemas if the American world mio:ht some timeget within its grasp the vast domain to whichit had fallen heir. But the times were full of peril and dis-content. The Spaniards, enraged, as theyhad reason to be, at the sale of Louisiana inspite of the express promise of Napoleon notto alienate it, lingered sullenly about NewOrleans, and clung obstinately to Florida,which the administration had especially de-sired to gain. In the northeast, hatred of theJeffeisonian ideas, and discontent w4th hispolicy, were so rife that the air was full ofthreats of secession. The ties that held theUnion together in those days w^ere indeedweak; that no severance came about was amarvel. On the 25th of June, 1805, says Mr. Cable, as evening came on, and the Cre-ole
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