Economic beginnings of the Far West: how we won the land beyond the Mississippi . e walking party. Lewiscamped for several days at a spot where Sacajaweasaid she had been captured five years before, andexplored the three rivers, which they named after theleading statesmen of that day, Jefferson, Madison, andGallatin; but although three Indian trails convergedhere, they failed to find the Shoshones. On the thirtieth of July, Lewis took the road, leav-ing Clark, who was well-nigh exhausted, to bring onthe canoe party. Travelling was laborious and slowby both canoe and trail. Beaver were extraord
Economic beginnings of the Far West: how we won the land beyond the Mississippi . e walking party. Lewiscamped for several days at a spot where Sacajaweasaid she had been captured five years before, andexplored the three rivers, which they named after theleading statesmen of that day, Jefferson, Madison, andGallatin; but although three Indian trails convergedhere, they failed to find the Shoshones. On the thirtieth of July, Lewis took the road, leav-ing Clark, who was well-nigh exhausted, to bring onthe canoe party. Travelling was laborious and slowby both canoe and trail. Beaver were extraordinarilyabundant, damming the streams and diverting thewater in a way that was sometimes river was so tortuous that they had to traveltwelve miles to make four, and they were in con-stant danger of capsize. Horses had become a ne-cessity. Pushing on up the Jefferson, they passedstreams which they named Philosophy, Wisdom,and Philanthropy, after the cardinal virtues ofthat justly selibrated character (names long sincedegraded to Willow Creek, Big Hole River, and. Lewis and Clarks Route from St. Louis to the Mouth of the Columbia River.
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