Based on what was learned coming up the Missouri, Clark shifts weight to the front of the boats. Drouillard leaves for St. Louis where Lewis is working. Some of the men dance with St. Charles ladies.
Tag: Louis Lorimier
November 23, 1803
After arriving at Cape Girardeau, Lewis takes letters of introduction to Louis Lorimier, whose store was burned to the ground by William Clark’s brother—George Rogers Clark—in 1782.
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.