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The Power and Myth of the Northwest Passage A dispatch from Fort Mandan -- Reviews Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation: I www.lewisandclark.org May2010 Volume 36, No. 2 The Power and Myth of the Northwest Passage The Roots of Jefferson's Indian Policies The Struggle for French Identity on the Frontier Contents President's Message: Foundation's progress is steady and 2 full of promise Trail Notes: Preserving a sense of place requires open minds 3 Letters: Keepers and stewards code calls for historical facts 4 Editor's Note: WPO introduces new scholarship from 6 North America in March 1785, p. 15 aspiring historians Guest Editor: Dr. Jay H. Buckley. De~artment of History. Brigham Young University "If a Passage Could be Found" 8 The power of myth (and money) in North American exploration By Brenden Rensink Philosophical Sympathy and "Seeds of Extinction" 18 Jefferson's French correspondence and the roots of his presidential Indian policy, 1785-1789 By Nicholas W. Gentile The Struggle for French Identity on the Frontier 28 Lewis and Clark had frequent communication with Francophones during the Mandan winter of 1804-1805 By Clifford Strieby Dispatches 38 Thomas Jefferson, p. 19 A Lewis and Clark dispatch from Fort Mandan made its way to Boston in 1805 Reviews 39 A Musical journey in the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark; Across the Endless River On the cover This 1718 map by Guillaume de L'Isle titled "Louisiane, Cours du Mississipi" shows Indian Mandan village, p. 29 villages, the exploratory routes of de Soto, Moscoso, Cavelier, Tonty and Denis and more. It covers the area from Lake Champlain to New Mexico and south to Florida and Texas. This map is considered the main source of all later maps of the Mississippi. President's Message Foundation's progress is steady and full of promise May 2010 •Volume 36, Number 2 We Proceeded On is the official publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage ,. hope the snow and ice of 2010 Foundation, Inc. Its name derives from is a fading memory and William a phrase that appears repeatedly in the collective journals of the expedition. © 2010 L Clark's journal entries of 1804- E.G. Chuinard, M.D., Founder 1805 at Fort Mandan sustained you ISSN 02275-6706 through the most immoderate winter Editor we have experienced; it could have Wendy M. Raney been like 1805. Clarkies are resilient P.O. Box 3434 and so it has been with your board Great Falls, MT 59403 406-454-1234 of directors. We have made excellent [email protected] progress in navigating the difficulties of the financial world and the many Volunteer Proofreaders Dr. H . Carl Camp management changes that have been Jerry Garrett necessary. Individuals and chapters have recognized the Foundation's Printed by PRISM Color Corporation, Moorestown, N ew Jersey need for additional funding and have been very generous. Our annual E DITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Chairman appeal was one of the most successful James J. Holmberg on record, thanks to you. I want Louisv ille, Kentucky to publicly commend the Badger Dr. Jay Buckley Glen Lindeman Chapter for its continued support of Jim Mallory at "Fort Lexington," his home in Provo, Utah Pullman, Washington Kentucky, with his frequently flown 15-star Dr. H. Carl Camp Dr. Robert Moore, Jr. the Third Century Fund. To date, the flag. Omaha, Nebraska St. Louis, Missou.ri Badgers, a chapter of 70 members, Dr. Robert Carriker Dr. Gary Moulton have contributed $1,600. That does chapter liaisons. Each board member Spokane, Washington Lincoln, Nebraska not include Badger Chapter members has three or four chapters they will Barb Kubik David Nicaodri Vancouver, Washington Tacoma, Washington who have stepped up with healthy visit in person or by phone to promote individual contributions. The Badger better communication. Membership Information Chapter's challenge to other chapters Our staff and board of directors Membership in the Lewis and C lark Trail remains in place, "EQUAL or BEAT are actively engaged in a total review Heritage Foundation, Inc. is open to the their total contribution." Thank of operational procedures and finan­ public. Information and app]jcations are you, Badgers. Do not forget that·our available by writing Membership Coordinator, cial management. The August issue Lewis and Clark Trail H eritage Foundation, other restricted funds can be added of WPO will include a one-page insert P.O. Box 3434, Great FalJs, MT 59403. to and they pay for great Foundation titled "LCTHF Annual Report." It We Proceeded On, the quarterly journal programs and help fund WPO. I look will include information on our fi­ of the Foundation, is mailed to current forward to recognizing other chapters nances, membership and other facts. members in February, May, August and in future messages. Some numbers are cause for concern November. Articles appearing in this journal I mentioned the need for better and others are very positive, but our are abstracted and indexed in HrsTORI CAL ABSTRACTS and AMERICA: HISTO RY AND LIFE. chapter reporting in my last letter. In members have every right to know an effort to streamline the reporting our strengths and weaknesses. Annual Membership Categories: system, we have reviewed the Annual In late February, my wife Paula Student $30 Chapter Report, Annual Treasurer's and I spent five days in Washington, Individual $49 Individual 3-Year: $133 Report and Volunteer Hours Report D .C., attending meetings with the Family/Internacional $65 looking for ways to simplify them. Partnership for the National Trails Trail Partner: $200 Much of the information required in System, discussing Foundation busi­ H eritage Club $100 the Treasurer's Report is necessary ness with our federal agency part­ Explorer Club $150 for the IRS 990 Form we are required Jefferson Club $250 ners and visiting with Congressional Discovery Club $500 to submit. I'm sure we all have equal staff members. The short report is Lifetime Membership: $995, $2,500 and $5,000 distaste for reports but we have little that we had a very productive week. The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, choice in some cases. To help each Relationships with other trails and our Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation. chapter complete their reports and partners in the National Park Service, Individual membership dues are not tax deductible. The portion 0£ premium dues over $49 is mx answer other communications, your Bureau of Land Management and deductible. board members will be serving as Forest Service are strong and thriving. 2 - We Proceeded On May 2010 Trail Notes Completion of the Eastern Legacy sec­ tion of the Lewis and Clark National Preserving a sense of place requires open minds Historic Trail and the Meriwether Lewis Educational Center on the J tephen Ambrose wrote in opportunity for the public to use and Natchez Trace Parkway were warmly (') his foreward to Bernard enjoy this trail is diminished each time embraced in Congress despite the cold, Q/ De Voto's 1997 edition of the historic setting and sense of place wet weather. I have learned that the in­ the Lewis and Clark journals, " ... it are degraded. The staff of the Lewis frastructure work on the educational is one of the glories of the Lewis and and Clark National Historic Trail center will begin in June 2010; howev­ Clark story that we can visit their frequently receives information on er, completion will require additional campgrounds and still see what they development that likely will degrade Congressional appropriations, which saw. Their adventure is accessible the experiences future generations will we will work to secure. in a way that Columbus's voyage have along the trail. In particular, as As we make progress in realigning or Admiral Byrd's flights over the our country tries to reduce dependence our Foundation to function with Poles . are not." This wonderfully on fossil fuels, we see an increase in a small but efficient staff, please articulates why preserving the trail the development of renewable energy remember that progress cannot be matters, instead of just maintaining projects such as wind and solar farms made without you and your support. museums or celebrating a Lewis and along the expedition route. Individual members, chapters and Clark holiday. C lean, renewable energy is critical Foundation committees will need to The idea that we can experience to our nation's future and we support function at a high energy level. Our the trail much as Lewis and Clark the development of environmentally devotion to telling the stories of the did is possible only because we have sound alternative energy technologies. Lewis and Clark Expedition and tangible resources available to us. However, we must evaluate develop­ promoting trail stewardship should Visitors experience a sense of wonder ment and its placement in a manner include sub-themes of environmental when they encounter stretches of trail that includes ways to limit its impacts stewardship, healthy lifestyles, that are largely unchanged since the on the trail. While the trail staff can families on the trail and cultural time of the expedition. make comments and recommenda­ connections, along with other topics The ability to sit around a campfire, tions regarding ways to mitigate the that will secure good media coverage read the journals and relive the negative impacts of projects, we do and promote the Foundation. One of experiences of the expedition in the not have the ability to determine what those great opportunities is the living very places the explorers traveled is happens. history encampment at the Boy Scout unlike any other. Landscapes such as Those who have regulatory author­ National Jamboree in July. This is an these are irreplaceable. Unfortunately, ity over such projects often view nega­ event where we will showcase our such places are disappearing.
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