An American general who in 1778 captured Vincennes from the British. It was soon recaptured; but Clark took it again after a terrible march across country in midwinter. He then conquered all the country near the Wabash and Illinois rivers.
MERIWETHER LEWIS
Companion of William Clark in his western explorations.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING.—“American Revolution,” Claude H. Van Tyne; “American Revolution,” John Fiske; “American Revolution” (3 vols.), George Otto Trevelyan; “Struggle for American Independence” (2 vols.), S. G. Fisher; “George Washington” (5 vols.), John Marshall; “American Statesmen” series (16 vols.); “Literary History of the American Revolution” (2 vols.), Moses Coit Tyler; “Paul Jones,” Norman Hapgood; “Letters and Memoirs,” Madame Rediesel; “The Spy,” James Fenimore Cooper; “Hugh Wynne,” S. Weir Mitchell; “The Partisan,” William Gilmore Simms; “Alice of Old Vincennes,” James Maurice Thompson.
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