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  Lewis and Clark Expedition :: Voyage of Rediscovery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The commanders dubbed their outfit the "Corps of Volunteers on an Expedition of North Western Discovery." The more concise and catchy title "Corps of Discovery" was apparently coined by one of their sergeants, Patrick Gass, who used it on the title page of his published journal in 1807.
The corps was a military expedition, on the move through countryside inhabited by armed potential adversaries; it operated under the rules of war and was organized accordingly.
The Corps of Discovery included drunks and deserters, a slave-owner and a periodically depressed Army officer -- which is to say it was a collection of real people, complicated and imperfect, who together proved capable of surviving the worst the wilderness could throw at them.
www.voyageofrediscovery.com /part3/historical   (1349 words)

  
 Tom Morgan's HELLFIRE CORNER - The home of Tom Morgan Military Books
John Hartley - In From The Cold - A Manchester at Gallipolli
John's research indicated that Sgt. Worthington was not commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
John Hartley's research into the Great War serice of his Grandfather grew and grew until it had become an excellent account of his Battalion's service, too.
www.fylde.demon.co.uk /welcome.htm   (1960 words)

  
 Corps of Discovery
However, it was not the Corps of Discovery that departed Pittsburgh with him on August 31.
Two of the men who signed on at Pittsburgh may have been George Shannon and John Colter, although it is unclear whether they began the downstream trip here or in Maysville, Ky Shannon was, at 18, to become the youngest of the Corps (1), as a private (4).
Of the Corps were the two commissioned officers (Lewis and Clark), one interpreter/hunter (Drouillard), two French river men, York, Clark's seven, the two from Pittsburgh (Shannon and Colter), and 14 regular army soldiers (2, 4).
www.education.pitt.edu /lewisandclarkpgh/4.1_corps.html   (1133 words)

  
 MICHAEL HAYNES - Historic Art
John Colter is in the foreground wearing his civilian hat and a pair of buckskin breeches and moccasins.
John Colter, Reuben Field, Peter Weiser and the rest were to compete for two prizes: a pair of red leggings and their pride.
The Corps was dependent for food the Mandan had to trade as well as their hunting prowess and knowledge of the country west of the their villages.
www.mhaynesart.com /lclimitededition.html   (4439 words)

  
 John Newman
When Newman's lashing was given on October 14, an Arikara chief temporarily traveling with the Corps was present.
He begged for mercy to Newman, but listened to the captains' explanation of why such punishment was the army custom.
Even so, on the keelboat away from the captains, Newman continued "his personal exertions" to hunt and to guarantee the boat's safety all the way to St. Louis.
www.lewis-clark.org /content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2580   (484 words)

  
 Corps of Discovery-Preparing for Trip West
John Colter officially enlisted on October 15, George Shannon and John Shields on the 19th, Nathaniel Hale Pryor and William Bratton on the 20th.
Lewis hired interpreter George Drouillard and gained volunteers from the U.S. military at Fort Massac: John Newman and Joseph Whitehouse of Daniel Bissell's 1st Infantry Regiment.
Drouillard was hired as an interpreter for $25 per month, and was not an enlisted man or in the chain of military command (sergeants made $8 per month, corporals $7, and privates $5).
www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/Preparing/Preparing.htm   (2475 words)

  
 Lewis & Clark: Campfire Tales
John Newman was quick-tempered and at one point along the trip "made mutinous expressions." He was sentenced to be given 75 lashes on his bare back and, as author Stephen Ambrose writes, to be "not dismissed, not discharged, but discarded" from the permanent party.
Newman was only assigned tasks of the worst drudgery following his trial and was treated as a pariah.
When the Corps of Discovery was ready to leave Fort Mandan after the first winter, Newman was sent along with the group that went back down the Missouri River.
www.bismarcktribune.com /lewisclark/2003/military.html   (1226 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark in Kentucky : Kentucky places : Ohio River
Written on August 31, 1803, it was the first of what would be many entries that, together with the journal keeping of his co-commander William Clark and other members of their Corps of Discovery, would record their historic trek across the continent.
He so endeared himself to the members of the Corps that he is referred to in the journals as "our dog." Loyal to the end, there is good evidence that Seaman was with Lewis at the time of the latter's death in 1809 and died on his master's grave.
Whitehouse accompanied the Corps on the entire Expedition but Newman did not, being court-martialed in the fall of 1804 and sent back from Fort Mandan with the temporary party and keelboat in the spring of 1805.
lewisandclarkinkentucky.org /places/ohio_river_journey.shtml   (4341 words)

  
 Argus Leader - Special Coverage | Lewis and Clark: Tracing the Trail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Corps of Discovery arrived in present-day South Dakota on Aug. 21, 1804, burdened by the death of Sgt. Charles Floyd and struggling with an August heat wave.
During those 54 days, they made some of the most significant natural discoveries of their two-year trip, including a petrified aquatic dinosaur backbone that now is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
Newman was found guilty and sentenced to 45 lashes.
www.argusleader.com /specialsections/2000/lewisclark   (1805 words)

  
 Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online   
They were among the best shots and hunters in the Corps of Discovery and with George Drouillard were often chosen to accompany the captains on special reconnaissances; both were with Lewis in his fight with the Blackfeet on July 27, 1806.
One theory suggests that he was with the mysterious expedition of John McClellan to the Rockies when his death occurred, but in that case it hardly seems that word of his death could have reached Kentucky by October 1807, when it was officially recorded.
John Ordway also refers to this man by name, and in Quaife's edition the name is given as "Ross." Examination of the manuscript shows that Ordway's letters can easily be interpreted as "Roie" or even "Roei." "Rokey" was therefore probably Peter Roi, and there is no need to search for Rocque or Ross.
lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu /v02.appendix.a.html   (8913 words)

  
 Clarke, Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
John spent his boyhood in Maysville and as a young man he probably served as a Ranger under Simon Kenton.
John Shields enlisted in the expedition on October ig, 1803, in Kentucky, and is considered one of the "Nine young men from Kentucky." He was one of the most valuable men on the expedition, as he was the head flsmith, gunsmith, boat builder and general repair man for anything needed.
John Jr., was a highly spirited young man and was one of those cited f or misconduct while at Camp du Bois.
www.artsci.wustl.edu /~landc/html/clarke.html   (8601 words)

  
 John Newman (Corps of Discovery) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He performed hard labor and tried to redeem himself in the eyes of the two captains, but was sent back east with the return party in April of 1805.
After the expedition Lewis recommended that Congress grant Newman his pay for his period of service up to his expulsion; he received some pay and a land warrant as a member of the expedition.
He settled in Missouri and was married at least once but appears to have had no children.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Newman_(Corps_of_Discovery)   (256 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Not all of the members of the Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis in 1806.
Here he again met John Colter, where they were attacked by the Blackfeet, and John Potts was killed.
PRIVATE JOHN B. Clark notes that he was dead by the years 1825-1828.
www.lewisandclarktrail.com /corps.htm   (1100 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark's Hardships - South Dakota Tourism -- Travel Information for the Mount Rushmore State
Considering the length and breadth of the journey, the Corps of Discovery had few calamities.
John Newman was charged with uttering "mutinous" expressions and attempting to turn the men against the captains.
Newman pled not guilty, but a jury of his peers didn't agree.
www.travelsd.com /onlyinsd/lc/hardships.asp   (328 words)

  
 Corps of Engineers Artwork Series
A total of fourteen men were gathered to navigate Lewis's boats up the river; perhaps as few as two actually became Corps of Discovery members.
At the mouth of Independence Creek near present day Atchison, Kansas, the Corps of Discovery took time from their daily routine of back breaking labor to celebrate the twenty-eighth birthday of their fledgling new republic.
After days of rain and wind the Corps of Discovery was trapped on a wave-lashed stretch of shore, just miles from their ultimate goal - the Pacific Ocean.
www.army.mil /cmh/LC/Explore/coeart/coe-gallery.htm   (576 words)

  
 Columbia River map
John Day and his companions were robbed by Indians and managed to reach a friendly tribe where they were rescued by a passing fur brigade from Astoria.
The corps camped the evening of October 29, 1805, near a "Pond" close to the northern shore and marked the little lake on their route map.
In 1811 Alexander Ross, of the John Jacob Astor expedition, called the eroded vent plug of a volcano after a European castle, "Inshoack Castle." Known as "Castle Rock" until 1916, the USBGN officially restored the title bestowed on the prominent basalt rock by the Corps of Discovery.
www.spokaneoutdoors.com /collakmp.htm   (2667 words)

  
 Lewi & Clark: An Epic Journey
Meriwether Lewis stood on the shore of the Missouri River on April 7, 1805, at Fort Mandan and watched as the Corps of Discovery's keelboat set sail back down the river for St. Louis.
When he joined the Corps, he was a member of Capt. John Campbell's company at South West Point, TN.
He was in charge of managing all the men who had been dismissed from the permanent party, including John Newman and Moses Reed, who had been court-martialed, as well as delivering the items Lewis was entrusting to his care.
lewisclark.cet.edu /student/corps/warfington.html   (574 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Stories: Expedition Men Return to the Rockies
John Boley of the return party was back in St. Louis in 1805 after a winter at Fort Mandan.
John Newman trapped on the Missouri, and was killed in 1838 by the Yankton Sioux, who had been friendly to the Corps.
John Potts was back in Montana by 1808, when he was killed in the fight Colter barely survived.
www.lewisandclark.com /facts/storiesliked.html   (384 words)

  
 Text Only Version--Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
In the spring, the Corps of Discovery pushed westward through Montana country until they encountered the Great Falls of the Missouri, where they had to carry their boats over land for almost 20 miles.
The Corps of Discovery disbanded in St. Louis and their detailed descriptions of the journey, maps and the numerous specimens they had collected were sent to Philadelphia to be housed in part at the American Philosophical Society and later at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
The walk is one of several events cosponsored by the Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark and Fort Clatsop honoring the Corps of Discovery's historic arrival at the Pacific Ocean at Station Camp and the winter encampment at Ft. Clatsop.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/lewisandclark/text.htm   (11770 words)

  
 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark - Columbia Missourian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Not even 30 years old when the Corps of Discovery headed west, Meriwether Lewis was nonetheless an ideal leader for an expedition that required a variety of learned skills and natural talents.
The Corps went on without him, and for two weeks Shannon tried to catch up with the boats, except he was actually ahead of the boats.
For this 16-year-old Shoshone woman, the Corps of Discovery proved to be a family affair.
www.columbiamissourian.com /features/story.php?ID=7252   (1510 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark . Inside the Corps . The Corps | PBS
The party of 33 included 29 individuals who were active participants in the Corps’ organizational development, recruitment and training at its 1803-1804 winter staging area at Camp Dubois, Illinois Territory; its journey up the Missouri River; and its stay at Fort Mandan, the expedition’s 1804-1805 winter headquarters.
Reed was convicted for desertion, and Newman for “mutinous acts.” Stiff sentences, including “100 lashes on [Newman’s] bear back” were imposed through trials by court martial proceedings.
Two French-Canadian fur traders, Jean Baptiste LePage and Toussaint Charbonneau, were enlisted at Fort Mandan to replace Newman and Reed.
www.pbs.org /lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html   (508 words)

  
 John Newman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Newman, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
John Philip Newman, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
John Newman, the English former footballer and football manager.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Newman   (115 words)

  
 CorpsProfiles
The time would be May 13, 1804 at the expedition's camp on the Wood River in Illinois.
The following day the Corps of Discovery embarked on their incredible journey.
In each case there is a "P.S." which tells you what happened (if it is known what happened) to each of these people after the expedition was over.
www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/Activities&Kids/CorpsProfiles/CorpsProfiles.htm   (78 words)

  
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It is their intention to recreate the waterway portions of the 1803-1806 expedition during the bicentennial commemoration in 2003-2006 Fellow Volunteers, The following is a basic guidebook to assist you in your endeavor to reenact/recreate the historical journey of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806.
Since the “Corps of Discovery” was made up of a cross-section of citizens of the time, it makes sense that the weapons of the period were a cross section also.
Discovery Expedition encourages the learning of seventeenth and eighteenth century river and sailing songs, and in particular the tune “Chester” which was our nations unofficial National Anthem.
www.lewisandclark.net /manual.doc   (6378 words)

  
 St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project
These cases date from 1808 to 1833 and illustrate the members' continuing social, commercial, legal, and financial relationships with their fellow citizens, as well as the frequency and diversity of financial interactions on the frontier.
These case files consist of approximately 98 court cases in which Meriwether Lewis, William Clark or other members of the Corps of Discovery are defendants, plaintiffs, or play a prominent role, such as Clark's partnerships in the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company and the Bank of Missouri.
As previously noted, the Lewis and Clark / Corps of Discovery case files are part of the larger St.
stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu /about-lewis-and-clark-series.php   (1208 words)

  
 Lewis & Clark at Ft. Massac, Metropolis IL Fort
This small group of explorers was to become the Corp of Discovery.
George Drouillard was an important member of the Corps of Discovery.
In May of 1804, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Wood with 45 men and traveled to Fort Mandan.
www.southernmostillinoishistory.net /lewismassac.htm   (1677 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark recruits
First, Lewis slipped and nearly fell 90 feet into the river below; Lewis had barely reached safety when her turned to see that Windsor had fallen into “the center of this narrow pass and was lying prostrate on his belly, with his one right arm and leg over the precipice.
He was dismissed from the corps on June 12, 1804, and previously had been cited for disorderly conduct while at Camp Dubois.
Stoddard, however, was not stationed at the cantonment so if Dame was part of his company from the time he enlisted, he also would not have been at the cantonment.
www.shawneecc.edu /sihcc/recruits.html   (844 words)

  
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William Clark by John Anderson York by Cliff Holland Toussaint Charbonneau by Sebastian Cabot Kakawissassa by Howard Culver Sacagawea by Helen Gerald.
John Ordway by Eddie Firestone Toussaint Charbonneau by Sebastian Cabot Sgt.
John Colter by Sheheke by Actors: Gary Collins Richard Peel SPECIAL THANKS to Harry Bartell for background information on "Horizons West" and Lois Culver for information on her husband actor Howard Culver.
www.old-time.com /otrlogs2/hw_sw.log.txt   (919 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The rest of the Corps–Lewis, Clark, Clark's slave York, Whitehouse, Newman, and the "nine young men from Kentucky"--floated the keelboat and two pirogues down to the mouth of the Ohio River and turned north up the Mississippi.
Lewis had learned that a tract of land suitable for the Corps' winter quarters was available on the Wood River, several miles north of Cahokia.
As for the rest of the personnel of the Corps of Discovery, it might be best for now to just say that locating the winter camp away from St. Louis and its numerous allurements for young men was a good idea.
www.id.blm.gov /lc/corpsdiscovery_4.htm   (631 words)

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