"The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been."

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Source: Meriwether Lewis (2012). “History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.”, p.249, tredition

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Meriwether Lewis

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Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer known for leading the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which mapped the American West and expanded knowledge of the region.

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