Opening the West With Lewis and Clark / By Boat, Horse and Foot Up the Great River Missouri, Across the Stony Mountains and on to the Pacific, When in the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, Young Captain Lewis, the Long Knife, and His Friend Captain Clark, the Red Head Chief, Aided by Sacajawea, the Birdwoman, Conducted Their Little Band of Men Tried and True Through the Unknown New United States

by Edwin L. Sabin

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	[The Expedition and the Country]	11
	[The Rank and File]	13
	I. [Making Ready]	19
	II. [The Start]	29
I.	[The Coming of the White Chiefs]	41
II.	[Peter Goes Aboard]	55
III.	[Peter Meets the Chiefs]	65
IV.	[To the Land of the Sioux]	79
V.	[Bad Hearts]	92
VI.	[The Captains Show Their Spunk]	102
VII.	[Snug in Winter Quarters]	112
VIII.	[Excitement at Fort Mandan]	121
IX.	[Peter Wins His Spurs]	135
X.	[The Kingdom of the “White Bears”]	148
XI.	[Which Way to the Columbia?]	160
XII.	[Seeking the Bird-woman’s People]	170
XIII.	[Horses at Last]	185
XIV.	[Across Starvation Mountains]	194
XV.	[Hooray for the Pacific!]	206
XVI.	[The Winter at Fort Clatsop]	217
XVII.	[Friendly Yellept, the Walla Walla]	227
XVIII.	[The Pierced Noses Again]	236
XIX.	[Back Across the Mountains]	244
XX.	[Captain Lewis Meets the Enemy]	254
XXI.	[The Home Stretch]	263

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