The Official Publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. Vol. 21, No. 4 November 19 95 I .. ;. THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INC. In this issue- Incorporated 1969 under Missouri General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act IRS Exemption Certificate No. 501 (C)(3)-ldentification No. 51-0187715 • OFFICERS ACTrVE PAST PRESIDENTS Page 4- President Irving W. Anderson Searching for the Invisible: Robert E. Garten. Jr. Pore/and. Oregon 3507 Smoketree Drive Some Efforts to Find Greensboro. NC 274 10 Roberc K. Doerk. Jr. Great Falls. Moncana First Vice President Expedition Camps-Part 2 L. Edwin Wang James R. Fazio Ken Karsmizki 60 13 Sc. johns Avenue Moscow. Idaho Minneapolis. MN 55424-1834 V. Strode Hinds Second Vice President Sioux Cicy. Iowa Page 12- Clyde G. (Sid) Huggins Arlen j . Large 2303 Lakeshore Drive washingcon. D.C. " This Place We Call Mandeville. LA 70448 H. John Montague Council Bluff" Secretary Pore/and. Oregon VS. Hinds Barbara Kubik Donald F. Nell J 712 S. Perry Court Bozeman. Montana Kennewicl\, WA 99337 William P. Sherman Page 13- Treasurer Port land. Oregon H. john Montague Soundscapes~ The Sonic 2928 NW Verde Vista Terrace L. Edwin Wang Portland. OR 97210-3356 Minneapolis. Minnesota Dimensions of the Immediate Past President Wilbur P. Werner Stuart E. Knapp Mesa. Arizona Lewis and Clark Expedition I 31 7 South Black Joseph A. Mussulman Bozeman. MT 59715 DIRECTORS AT LARGE David Borlaug Harry Hubbard Darold W. Jackson James M. Peterson Page 20- \tVashbum. North Dakota Semllc. \tVasl?in9ton Sr. Charles. Missotiri Vennift ion. Soitrh Dakota We Met Them at the Fair­ Judith Edwards Jane Schmoyer-Weber Philip C. Althen Ludd A. Trozpek Glen Head. New Ybrk Grea1 Fafls. Montana Stevensville. Montana Claremont. Culifornia Part 2 Cynthia Orlando Lewis and Clark Trail Hcrllage Foundation. Inc. Astoria. Oregon Membership Secrerary Ann Rogers P.O. Box 3434. Great Falls. MT 59403 ABOUT THE FOUNDATION Page 25- The purpose of the lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., is to stimulate public interest in matters relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the contributions to American history made by the Expedition members, and events Book Reviews of time and place concerning the expedition which are of historical import to our nation. The Foundation recognizes the value of tourist-oriented programs, and supports activities which enhance the emjoyment and understanding of the Lewis and Clark story. The scope of the activities of the Foundation is broad and diverse, and includes Involvement in pursuits which, in the judgment of the directors, are of historical worth or contemporary social value, and Page 28- commensurate with the heritage of Lewis and Clark. The activities of the National Foundation are Intended to complement and supplement those of state and local Lewis and Clark interest groups. The Foundation may News Update appropriately recognize and honor Individuals or groups for art works of distinction, achievement In the broad field of Lewis and Clark historical research, writing, or deeds which promote the general purpose and scope of aclivitles of the Foundation. Membership in the organization comprises a broad spectrum of Lewis and Clark enthusiasts including federal, state, and local government officials, historians, scholars and others of wide-ranging Lewis and Clark interests. Officers of the Foundation are elected from the membership. The annual meeting of the Foundation is traditionally held during August, the birth month of both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The meeting place is rotated among the states, and tours generally are arranged to visit sites in the area of the annual meeting which have historic association with the Lewis and Ctark Expedition. MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Membership in the Lewis and Clark Trail Heri­ tage Foundation, Inc. is open to the general public. Information and an application are available by sending a requestto: Membership Secretary; Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.; P.O. Box 3434; Great Falls, MT 59403. We Proceeded On, the quarterly magazine of the Foundation, is mailed to current members during the months of February, May, August, and We Proceeded On Is the official publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. Inc. November. The publication's name is derived from the phrase which appears repeatedly In the collective journals of the famous expedition. ANNUAL MEMBERSH IP DUES* Regular: $ 20.00 E.G. CHUINARD. M.D.. FOUNDER ISSN 0275-6706 Family: 30.00 Sustaining: 75.00 Marcin L. Erickson, Editor Supporting 100.00 1203 28th Street South #82 Contributing: 200.00 Great Falls. MT 59405 Patron: 500.00 Granter: 1,000.00 EDITORIAL BOARD Benefactor: 5,000.00 Robert C. Carriker; Spokane. WA Editorial Consultant: *For foreign memberships add: $5/year in Arlen j. Large: Washington, D.C. Vivian A. Paladin Canada; $1 O/year in Eu rope; and $15/year in Asia, Robert R. Hum. Seattle. WA Helena. MT Australia and New Zealand. 2 WE PROCE EDED ON NOVEMBER 1995 by Robert E. Gatten. Jr. board) and Jane Schmoyer-Weber of Great Falls, At the annual m eeting of the foundation this past Montana, who has spent a great deal of effort to help July and August in Charlottesville, the board of direc­ make the interpretive center in Great Falls a reality. to rs asl'.ed me to serve a second term as president. I Welcome! am happy to do so, and enter this new foundation The foundation year got off to a rousing start in year with renewed enthusiasm because of my rein­ Charlottesville. Attendance at the meeting was very forced understanding of the importance of the work large: there were 268 full registrants. The local com­ of the foundation and the very large number of mittee, led by Jane Henley and Howell Bowen, de­ members who volunteers so many hours to help us serve all our thanks for their exquisite planning and meet the foundation's goals. Working with me this careful attention to detail in making the meeting a year w ill be three new directors-at-large: Phil Althen great success. The Home Front Chapter is blessed to of Stevensville, Montana, who has labored for many have so many very bright, skillful and energetic years on Lewis and Clark projects along his portion members whose efforts will have a lasting effect on of the trail; Darold Jackson of St. Charles, Missouri, all of us and on the understanding of the heritage of who has previously served on the board and who the Lewis and Clark Expedition in Charlottesville and continues to chair the Membership Promotion and throughout Virginia. Public Relations Committee (and who was appointed Included w ith this issue of We Proceeded On is the by the executive committee to fill a vacancy on the (President's Message continued on page 31) ~'l.0111 the 2.dlto'l. 's 'l)esk At the end of the annual meeting in' Corps of Discovery packed up and left Wood River. Charlottesville, Vi rginia, Strode Hinds, who is chair- He joined the expedition at St. Charles, Missouri. ing the 1996 meeting in Sioux City, Iowa, said, "This , With the exception of Lewis, all the others went meeting had three presidents to offer. All I have ~o · straight from the Wood River camp to St. Charles. offer is a statue." The statue marks the grave of Sgt. They .may have waved to people on shore and even Charles Floyd, the only expedition member who wished they could have stopped for a night in the big died on the j ourney. city, but good soldiers that they were, they just kept However, Strode wasn't telling the whole story as on going. you will see in this issue of WPO. Iowa has a whole I recently ran across another small item that ex­ lot more to offer. pands my knowledge abut William Clark. I was read­ In a sentence, the Charlottesville meeting was hot ing the book, "Daughters of the Earth" by Carolyn and humid and a tremendously,,historically fascinat­ Niethammer. It details "the lives and legends of ing meeting. It was one of those rneetings where I American Indian women." In a section on "Women hated to leave at the end. I wished I could have and War," Niethammer described the Pawnee Morn­ taken all of the side trips and more. I will have to go ing Star ceremony. A young captive girl was sacri­ back someday. ficed once a year to ensure the fertility of the soil The folks across the river from St. Louis gave me and the success of the crops. a call a while back and asked if 1 would tell all of you Niethammer reports, "In 1816 the Pawnees cap­ and the rest of the world that the physical start of tured a young Comanche girl and were preparing to the expedition was from the winter camp at Wood sacrifice her in the spring rites in 181 7. A young River, Illinois and not from St. Louis as we are prone warrior of the tribe named Man Chief had several to say. Meriwether Lewis was in St. Louis when the (Editor's Note continued on page 31) ON THE COVER-Fort Atkinson, the first U.S. military post west of the Missouri River, will be one of the sites visited during the 1996 Annual Meeting. Photo by strode Hinds NOVEMBER 1995 WE PROCEEDED ON 3 Expedition's Map of Wood River Camp and Vicinity Ernest Staples Osgood, The Field Notes of Captain William Clark Searching for the Invisible: Some Efforts to Find Expedition Camps by Kenneth W. Karsmizki Appleman Study-Camp Wood 1803-04 . " 22 Appleman points out Associa te Curator of Historical Archaeology n 1968, four years after that, in the journals and letters of Museum of the Rockies Peebles' study, another ar­ the expedition, "the precise loca­ PART II OF II PARTS !) ticle appeared under the tion of Camp Wood was not de­ EDITOR'S NOTE: In Part I, Karsmizki authorship of National Park scribed and identified." looked at archaeological studies at Service historian Roy E.