Show TH THE E LEWIS AND CLARK expedition idaho wyoming colorado new mexico arizona nevada and utah constitute a rather unique group ot of states among those of 0 the unton union from the viewpoint ot of early exploration and later occupation A part of the territory embraced in these theoe states as known at present formerly constitute constitute ed the the great american desert a land ot of mysterious enchantment the crossing of 0 was beset with difficulties natural barriers and similar ecological conditions made for or early isolation also later inter homogeneity V pop u lation habits and customs when n became president presade t of 0 the united states la in 1801 1801 spain owned louisiana territory a roughly triangular area comprising nearly olie one million square miles bounded on the eastby the mississippi river and partly on the west by the rocky eccli mountains spain severed friendly relations with the united states in 1802 and closed the mississippi river against this nation in 1803 spain sold louisiana to the tha french and napoleon promptly transferred this territory to the united states for fifteen million dollars the french government never set up a colonial establishment in louisiana territory and when lewis and dark clark arrived at st loul louis the spanish commender commander had bad not turned his bis post over to the french in transferring this immense area to the united states napoleon was undoubtedly influenced by two motives lie he feared that he could not hold the territory against england and he hoped to establish a power n america against that country jeffersons envoys monroa and livingston were staggered by the magnitude of napoleons po leons proposal and by his promptness in making a decision the envoys were negotiating tor for only a small territory napoleon convoyed conveyed an area now populated by fifteen million people larger than great britain germany france spain portugal and italy combined alter after jefferson completed his negotiations tiati ons he sent a secret message to co congress 19 11 asking king tor for authority to send 71 az I 1 out t an 1 expedition p e to explore the missouri country the reason for send lag this expedition was not made clear in Us his message to congress and the motives behind the lo 10 lewis als and dark clark expedition are matters ot of historical dispute As leaders ot of the expedition tion he chose meriwether Merl wether levis and william dark clai k both were commissioned of libers in the united states army the first named a captain the second a lieutenant captain lewla lewis supervised the manufacture of arms for the expedition at lancaster pennsylvania lewis was later appointed governor of louisiana territory in 1809 he lett left hla his post at st louis to attend to state matters at washington on the way he stopped at the home ot of a mr air grinder in tennessee during the night lewis was assassinated or committed suicide there are advocates of both theories jefferson unqualifiedly attributed his death to self destruction dark clark became governor ot of missouri territory and later superintendent ol of indian affairs for or the united states the lewis and dark clark expedition I 1 continued to pack page continued continued from front pane page was waa the first trip mado made across tho the continent contine nt by united states citizens it la is also tho the first authentic record anade by white men on condit conditions 10 ne in the state ot of idaho tho the ox expedition included fourteen volunteers from froin the regular army nine young frontiersmen from lien km two french voyagers slid and a mulatto servant of captain dark clark every member ot of the expedition was enrolled na as a private in the united states army it was waa possible therefore to enforce discipline A supplementary detachment ot of soldiers and boatmen accompanied the expedition us is fos fas as the present site ot of bismark south dakota but turned back there since a large body ot of men would excite the hostility ot of he indians flintlock rifles powder and ball flints gold laced coats flags knives tomahawks beads mirrors paints and peace medals carrying jeffersons narno namo were taken along as aa presents for the indians indiana the party left st LOWS louis may and returned to st louis on september 23 passing through tho the present states of missouri ican kansas sus nebraska north dakota dakof a south dakota montana idaho wash ington and oregon salt tor for tho the return expedition was waa made from ocean water at seaside oregon salt tor for the spent the winter of 1804 e at fort clatsop an inland site elte near astoria Aa torta oregon on the return trip tho the expedition divided on clarks clarka river in western montana lewla lewis returned along the missouri river dark clark followed the yellowstone Yellows Yellow sto tono ne the expeditions were united again close to the line between montana ind find north dakota john colter a member ot f the expedition secured an honorable dismissal from arox the april 30 1870 in drooks county vir expedition in 1806 and gave tho the first account of tho the wonders of 0 the yellowstone park ns as ho he viewed those these whilo while I 1 being pursued by Black teet indians those who have visited yellowstone Yellows tono will understand any no one believed hla his account at first the lewis and clark expedition was not ft a scientific one as many people suppose lack of engineers also makes it difficult to follow their exact route two vol volumes unies on tho the expedition tion were published in 1814 which exceedingly few people aside from historians have ever read tho the lewis ana dark clark expedition added something in tho the way of information about the country drained by the missouri and columbia rivers it was a factor in the later acquisition of 0 the oregon country jeffersons action in this matter was contradictory to the accepted powers delegated to him by the constitution and in opposition to the principles ot of the party ho he represented patrick gass enss the last survivor of the lewis and dark clark expedition died finla nt at the age ot of ninety nino nine years yeara ile iio married in 1881 at the age aee ot of sixty seven children were born to this union due perhaps to his lifetime falling failing tor for drink ho he never rose abo above ve a noncommissioned commissioned non officers and in the opinion ot of some intoxicants ened hla his life in person gass w was as short broad shouldered leep deep cheated with sinewy limbs a ready mind and quick in lit his movements toward tho I 1 end ot of his career he was given a pen slon alou ot of ninety six dollars per year and a small tract ot of land i mr and mrs mra IV W ot of salt lake city spent the week weak end in mr Is touring the state stata in the interest ot of the ilia republican party lie ile spoke at meeting last sunday evening and also mot met with a few ot of the republicans ot of at the kanab notel hotel where a social hour was enjoyed and refreshments were served read over the constitutional amendments on tho the back page of the rane kane county counti standard it you want to know mrs robert chamberlain and baby are spending the week in kanab visiting at the home ot of mrs chamberlains parents mr and mrs frank harn hamblen n mrs john T langford ot of panguitch Pan gultch lett left tor for coalville Co alville last week upon receiving ce iving word that liar her sister was waa seriously george al shields has gone to ryan nyan arizona where lie he will bo be employed for a month |