The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark

by Eva Emery Dye

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"Judith"

THE CONQUEST

The True Story of Lewis and Clark

BY

EVA EMERY DYE

Author of

"McLoughlin and Old Oregon "

Chicago

A. C. McCLURG & COMPANY 1902

COPYRIGHT

A. C. MCCLURG & Co

1902

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

PUBLISHED Nov. 12, 1902

UNIVERSITY PRESS JOHN WILSON

AND SON CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

THE author hereby acknowledges obligation to the Lewis and Clark families, especially to William Hancock Clark of Washington, D. C., and John O'Fallon Clark of St. Louis, grandsons of Governor Clark, and to C. Harper Anderson of Ivy Depot, Virginia, the nephew and heir of Meriwether Lewis, for letters, docu ments, and family traditions; to Mrs. Meriwether Lewis Clark of Louisville and Mrs. Jefferson K. Clark of New York, widows of Governor Clark's sons, and to more than twenty nieces and nephews; to Reuben Gold Thwaites of the University of Wisconsin, for access to the valuable Draper Collection of Clark, Boone, and Tecumseh manu scripts, and for use of the original journals of Lewis and Clark which Mr. Thwaites is now editing; to George W. Martin of the Kansas Historical Society at Topeka, for access to the Clark letter-books covering William Clark's correspondence for a period of thirty years; to Colonel Reuben T. Durrett of Louisville, for access to his valuable private library; to Mr. Horace Kephart of the Mercantile Library, and Mr. Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis; to the His torical Societies of Missouri, at St. Louis and Columbia; to Mrs. Laura Howie, for Montana manuscripts at Helena; to Miss Kate C. McBeth, the greatest living authority on Nez Perce tradition; to the descendants of Dr. Saugrain, and to the families and friends of Sergeants Pryor, Gass, Floyd, Ordway, and privates Bratton, Shannon, Drouillard, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; also to the Librarian of Congress for copies of Government Documents.

E. E. D.

OREGON CITY, OREGON,
September 1, 1902.

CONTENTS

BOOK I
WHEN RED MEN RULED
PAGE
I.	A Child is Born	1
II.	The Clark Home	7
III.	Exit Dunmore	12
IV.	The Wilderness Road	14
V.	A Barrel of Gunpowder	17
VI.	The Feudal Age	19
VII.	Kaskaskia	24
VIII.	The Spanish Donna	28
IX.	Vincennes	32
X.	The City of the Strait	38
XI.	A Prisoner of War	41
XII.	Two Wars at Once	43
XIII.	The Key of the Country	47
XIV.	Behind the Curtain	50
XV.	The Attack on St. Louis	53
XVI.	Old Chillicothe	60
XVII.	"Detroit must be Taken"	63
XVIII.	On the Ramparts	69
XIX.	Exit Cornwallis	72
XX.	The Old Virginia Home	77
XXI.	Down the Ohio	81
XXII.	Mulberry Hill	87
XXIII.	Mississippi Troubles	91
XXIV.	St. Clair	97
XXV.	The Sword of "Mad Anthony" Wayne	102
XXVI.	The Spaniard	106
XXVII.	The Brothers	113
XXVIII.	The Maid of Fincastle	119
XXIX.	The President's Secretary	122
XXX.	The President talks with Meriwether	131
BOOK II
INTO THE WEST
I.	The Louisiana Purchase	139
II.	The Knight of the White House	144
III.	Recruiting for Oregon	149
IV.	The Feud is Ended	154
V.	The Cession of St. Louis	157
VI.	Sergeant Ordway writes a Letter	166
VII.	Into the Land of Anarchy	167
VIII.	"The Sioux! The Sioux!"	176
IX.	The Romance of the Mandans	185
X.	The First Dakota Christmas	192
XI.	The British Fur Traders	199
XII.	Farewell to Fort Mandan	204
XIII.	Toward the Sunset	208
XIV.	The Shining Mountains	214
XV.	A Woman Pilot	221
XVI.	Idaho	228
XVII.	Down the Columbia	235
XVIII.	Fort Clatsop by the Sea	242
XIX.	A Whale Ashore	249
XX.	A Race for Empire	257
XXI.	"A Ship! A Ship!"	259
XXII.	Back to Civilisation	265
XXIII.	Camp Chopunnish	272
XXIV.	Over the Bitter Root Range	277
XXV.	Beware the Blackfeet	279
XXVI.	Down the Yellowstone	283
XXVII.	The Home Stretch	288
XXVIII.	The Old Stone Forts of St. Louis	296
XXIX.	To Washington	303
XXX.	The Plaudits of a Nation	307
BOOK III
THE RED HEAD CHIEF
I.	The Shadow of Napoleon	315
II.	American Rule in St. Louis	319
III.	Farewell to Fincastle	322
IV.	The Boat Horn	327
V.	A Bride in St. Louis	331
VI.	The First Fort in Montana	335
VII.	A Mystery	337
VIII.	A Lonely Grave in Tennessee	343
IX.	Trade follows the Flag	344
X.	Tecumseh	352
XI.	Clark guards the Frontier	360
XII.	The Story of a Sword	369
XIII.	Portage des Sioux	376
XIV.	"For our Children, our Children"	386
XV.	Too Good to the Indians	390
XVI.	The Red Head Chief	397
XVII.	The Great Council at Prairie du Chien	404
XVIII.	The Lords of the Rivers	415
XIX.	Four Indian Ambassadors	421
XX.	Black Hawk	429
XXI.	A Great Life Ends	434
XXII.	The New West	438

XXVI. THE SPANIARD 106

XXVII. THE BROTHERS 113

XXVIII. THE MAID OF FINCASTLE 119

• XXIX. THE PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY 122

XXX. THE PRESIDENT TALKS WITH MERIWETHER . . 131

BOOK II

INTO THE WEST

I. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE 139

II. THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE HOUSE . . . . 144

III. RECRUITING FOR OREGON 149

IV. THE FEUD is ENDED 154

V. THE CESSION OF ST. Louis 157

VI. SERGEANT ORDWAY WRITES A LETTER . . . . 166

VII. INTO THE LAND OF ANARCHY 167

VIII. "THE Sioux! THE Sioux!" 176

IX. THE ROMANCE OF THE MANDANS . . . . . 185

X. THE FIRST DAKOTA CHRISTMAS 192

XL THE BRITISH FUR TRADERS 199

XII. FAREWELL TO FORT MANDAN 204

XIII. TOWARD THE SUNSET 208

XIV. THE SHINING MOUNTAINS 214

XV. A WOMAN PILOT 221

XVI. IDAHO 228

XVII. DOWN THE COLUMBIA 235

XVIII. FORT CLATSOP BY THE SEA 242

XIX. A WHALE ASHORE 249

XX. A RACE FOR EMPIRE 257

XXI. "A SHIP! A SHIP!" 259

XXII. BACK TO CIVILISATION 265

XXIII. CAMP CHOPUNNISH 272

XXIV. OVER THE BITTER ROOT RANGE 277

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