02/24/1808
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"On this subject any further desire which the Senate shall think proper to express shall be complied with."
"We entered the Missouri May 14, 1804, and on the 1st of November took up our winter quarters near the Mandan towns, 1,609 miles above the mouth of the river."
"The examination of the Red River itself is but now commencing."
"Having been disappointed, after considerable preparation, in the purpose of sending an exploring party up that river in the summer of 1804, it was thought best to employ the autumn of that year in pro..."