Comments on: Postcards From The Edge (Of America): The Adventures of Lewis & Clark

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:46:00 +0000

What this does not explain is why Lewis, who is from Virginia, was Governor of Louisiana Territory, and died in DC, wound up being buried in Tennessee. His grave is visible from the Natchez Trace Parkway.

By: Marty

Marty — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Trailing on Tex’s comment. I remember hearing York was much bigger and stronger than the others. The natives assummed the strong man would be the natural leader.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:44:00 +0000

If you ever find yourself in Great Falls, Montana head over to the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. It’s one of the very best museums/visitor centers I’ve ever been to. Something for everybody and every age. Not sure how to put in a link, but it’s at http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/lcic

By: Tex

Tex — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:51:00 +0000

I have read that York proved to be very valuable to the expedition in that the Native Americans had never seen a dark skinned person before. Their fascination with him assisted in opening many avenues of communication, trade, and information that proved essential to the success of the journey.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:09:00 +0000

One quick comment on Lewis. In a forensic course, we were told that Lewis actually “committed suicide” with a musket. The instructor implied that there was some weird cover up and that Lewis had been murdered and due to his unpopularity, the murder was ruled a suicide. The main support for this theory is that it took two shots (with a musket this means a great deal of work between shots) to kill him. Hmmmmmm.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:56:48 +0000

Thanks for the great piece, being a native Northwesterner Lewis & Clark is one of those stories I grew up loving. Is there more historic information known about York, Clark’s slave? I used to work in a kid’s bookstore and during the bi-centennial we stocked a picture book called “I am York” or “My name is York” or something like that, which was sort of a chronicle of his side of the story, but I don’t remember how much of it was fact or fiction.

By: Celeste

Celeste — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:32:49 +0000

The Clark story is one of many. No one really knows what happened to Sacagawea. It’s even in debate how to pronouce her name, which as an Idahoan we said Sac-a-j-way-a (and I grew up right next to the other Shoshone Reservation, Fort Hall), but others say Sa-cah-a-g-wee-a. She did have another child with Charbonneau, and did eventually leave him, but it was okay because he had a couple of other Indian wives. She was kidnapped by the tribe the mean French man bought her from, and was never fond of Charbonneau. Some stories say she returned back to her Shoshone tribe, and there’s a memorial for her at the Wind River Reservation there, including those who claim to be decended from her childern with Charbonneau. She did stay close to Clark, and some have assumed the second child may have been his. Such a facinating woman. Sorta the first feminist Indian woman, and probably the only one people know the name of, barring Pocahontus.

By: nickelking

nickelking — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:09:03 +0000

GTT she got back home, clark adopted her son, she had a second (a daughter this time) and died a few years later. Clark took care of both children after her death.

By: gibsy

gibsy — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:57:57 +0000

Posted this link in http://www.surfurls.com

By: GTT

GTT — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:33:01 +0000

This was fun… You should do more history articles like this.

Quick question (says the non-American): whatever happened to Sacagawea?