The “Corps of Discovery,” led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark was one of the most incredible journeys in history. It numbered less than forty men on their expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean from 1804 to 1805. Even more amazing; they lost only one man and that was due to a burst appendix.
The Corps was vastly outnumbered, a fact that wasn’t lost on any of the Indian tribes they met along the way. Whichever one could attack this little expedition and seize their firearms
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