Abstract

The journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition describe the continental crossing of the first United States Exploring Expedition between 1804 and 1806.1 Under the command of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the explorers followed the Missouri to its source in Montana. They crossed the continental divide at Lemhi Pass hoping to find a short portage to the headwaters of the Columbia River. After the mysterious Wilderness Passage proved to be an illusion, they struggled through the Bitterroot Mountains in northern Idaho and then continued

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