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Excerpt from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, Vol. 2 of 2: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean; Prepared During the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States
Extravagant Passion of the Natives for blue beads-the Party in Search of a suitable Place for Winter usrters - Sufi'erin from the Deluges of Rain - Visits of the Minna - Return 0 Captain Lewis, who reported that he had found a suitable Place for Wintering. - Captain Clarke goes with a Part to find a Place suitable for the Manufacture of Salt - He is our pitably entertained by the Clatsops. - 'l'his Tribe addicted to Gambling - Sickness of some of the Party. Occasioned by the incessant Rama - The form, notwithstanding, a: permanent Encampment for their inter-quarter! Io?
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