Youth,1774-1792 - Planter,1792-1794 - Soldier,1794-1800 - Thomas Jefferson's America,1801 - The President's Secretary,1801-1802 - The origins of the expedition,1750-1802 - Preparing for the expedition, January-June 1803 - Washington to Pittsburgh, June-August 1803 - Down the Ohio, September-November 1803 - Up the Mississippi to winter camp, November 1803-March 1804 - Ready to depart, April- May 21,1804 - Up the Missouri, May- July 1804 - Entering Indian Country, August 1804 - Encounter with Sioux, September 1804 - To the Mandans, Fall 1804 - Winter at Fort Mandan, December 21, 1804- Ma- Report from Fort Mandan, March 22-Ap- From Fort Mandan to Marias River, April 7-J- From Marias River to the Great Falls, June 3-J- The Great Portage, June 16-J- Looking for the Shoshones, July 15-August 12, 1805 This book is the definitive account of this momentous journey, presenting the American West as Lewis saw it - savage, awesome and pristinely beautiful.". It was completely uncharted territory a wild, vast land ruled by the Indians, never before experienced by a white man. His brief from the president, Thomas Jefferson, was to explore the land stretching west of the Mississippi, recently purchased from Napoleon. "On 5 July 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis set out on an epic voyage across the untamed Great Plains and into the Rockies. Includes bibliographical references and index
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