Two extra oarsmen picked up on the way were on Gass’s catamaran. Gibson and Bratton were in Ordway’s canoe as were Frazer and LePage.
The Field brothers, Shannon, Shields, and Collins were the hunters in the two small canoes.
He had Hall, Howard, Potts, and Whitehouse on board. Gass commanded the catamaran Clark built on the Yellowstone. All of the rest of the enlisted hunters, except Gass, traveled in those three canoes. The two small canoes held the best hunters, except for Drewyer and the third canoe is under Ordway's command. Pryor, Willard, and Weiser were assigned to man this catamaran. On the 17th August, two more of the largest canoes were converted into a catamaran to carry some chiefs and their families and an interpreter to St. He had lived with the Cheyenne and had only come to the villages in the late summer of 1804. It has been stated before that he had no strong ties with the villages. Either way, Colter would not receive a government gun.Ĭharbonneau and his family left the party at the Mandan Villages, but LePage went on to St. Colter also might have been given the gun Lewis retrieved from the encounter with the young warriors. He might have received a gun from the two men with whom he partnered. The captains would not have given him his government rifle but would have put it back in the inventory. He was furnished with powder and lead, but no rifle.
On August 15th, Colter was discharged from the corps with the captains’ blessing.
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