History Of The Northern Pacific Railroad (1883)

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CHAPTER III. THE LEWIS AND CLARKE EXPEDITION. Thomas Jefferson's Efforts to Open a Route to the Pacific—Ledyard's Attempt Baffled—Captain Lewis' First Project—Congress Provides for an Exploration—Character of Lewis—Captain William Clarke—The Expedition Organized—Its Route, Adventures, and Arrival at the Mouth of t...