By that time they'd picked up Charbonneau, the husband of Sacagawea, one of the most famous members of the party. They picked up a few and they lost a few along the way.Īfter they left Fort Mandan in North Dakota, their first winter encampment, they had thirty-three exactly in the party. They had around forty-five or so going at that point. The numbers are sort of loose on these hired men. The numbers are a bit vague because they brought along a bunch of French boatmen with them who'd help them pull and pole the boats up the river. They volunteered for it out of a sense of adventure, maybe some rewards at the end, or whatever. The men were volunteers in other words, they weren't ordered to come on the expedition. For instance, Drouillard who was the expert hunter, they wanted him and didn't insist that he enlist. They had to join the army to become a member of the expedition. Well, for the most part they were enlisted men. What about the other members of the expedition? They both considered themselves a part of the nation's elite and they served in that capacity. They were both educated about as well as anyone could be during their generation. I think it's a way to characterize and have them complement each other on the expedition. The whole characterization may be off some.
He's sort of seen as a little bit rawer, more a frontiersmen type. He'd stay on the boat, liked to be with the men and worked with them more closely. Clark is seen as sort of a man of the people.
Lewis is seen as this moody intellectual type who liked to get off the boat and go on some scientific excursion, try and discover a new plant species or whatever. How would you characterize Lewis and Clark? This interview was conducted in the summer of 1997 at Lost Trail Pass, on the Idaho-Montana border. When completed, it will comprise thirteen volumes. While there are many editions of the journals, The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (University of Nebraska Press) by Moulton is considered the best. Moulton of the University of Nebraska to participate in our television program, "Echoes of a Bitter Crossing: Lewis & Clark in Idaho." Moulton has been engaged in the massive undertaking of editing the complete record of the Lewis & Clark expedition.
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