The Journals of Lewis And Clark

Lewis and clark left the vicinity of st. Louis on may 1804. Wintered at fort mandan (north dakota) and continued on, reaching the pacific and wintering in 1805-6 at ford clatsop (oregon) and managed to return to st. Louis by the end of september, 1806, having covered a distance equivalent to one-third of the circumference of the earth. Lewis and clark were fulfilling the vision of thomas jefferson in exploring the louisiana purchase of 1803. They outfitted their 40 man expedition with a congressional appropriation of $2,500- and each received 1600 acres of home- stead land in reward at the end of a governorship. The journal has appeared as a 4-volume work in 1893 (now available from dover) and thwaites published the "history of the expedition" in 8 columes in 1905. Frank bergon will edit a one-volume selection of the journals - provide a historical introduction as well as appropriate headnotes, footnotes and refs NOT UK/OM