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

Soldiers

Patrick Gass, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Was elected sergeant. Went through. John Ordway of New Hampshire. Was elected sergeant. Went through. Robert Frazier of Vermont. Went through. Thomas P. Howard of Massachusetts. Went through.

At Fort Massac of Illinois, by Captain Clark:

Soldiers	Silas Goodrich of Massachusetts. Went through. Hugh Hall of Massachusetts. Went through. Alexander H. Willard of New Hampshire. Went through. Richard Windsor. Went through.
	And
	John B. Thompson, civilian surveyor from Vincennes, Indiana. Went through.

Probably at St. Louis:

John Newman. Did not go through. Was punished and sent back.

Others enrolled in the party:

Chief Hunter George Drouillard (called “Drewyer”) of Kaskaskia and St. Louis. Part French, part Indian. Went through.

Head Boatman Pierre Cruzatte of St. Louis. Went through.

Boatman François Labiche of St. Louis. Went through.