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Meriwether Lewis Lewis's pistols - Annual awards announced Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation I www.lewisandclark.org November 2009 Volume 35, No. 4 THE FINAL JOURNEY A solitary hero ~ Lewis's land warrant ~ Medical mysteries Contents Editor's Note: Issue previews annual meeting presentations 2 Letters: Opportunities for discovery continue; Lewis's death 4 Meriwether Lewis: The Solitary Hero 8 Expedition lore holds that the captains were equals, yet Lewis claimed all the epochal moments of discovery for himself Dismal Nitch, p. 9 By David Nicandri The Death of Meriwether Lewis 16 Exploring the myths and probabilities surrounding the controversy By David J. Peck Meriwether Lewis's Land Warrant: An Untimely Reward 26 ByThomas I:. Danisi Reviews 30 The Fifth Generation: A Nez Perce Tale; William Clark: The Further Journey; Lewis & Clark: Weather and Climate Date from the Expedition Journals L&C Roundup 34 Foundation presents awards; Thom earns Indiana writing award; Foundation hosts 12th conference on national scenic and historic trails Soundings 38 Lewis and Seaman. p. 17 Lewis carried a pair of "gentleman's" flintlock pistols on his final journey Flintlock pistols. p. 39 On the cover This illustration shows Meriwether Lewis traveling on the Natchez Trace just before he reached the Grinders' cabin where he met his untimely end some eight to ten hours later. Today, this small section of the N atchez Trace Trail is rarely seen or walked upon and has remained nearly unspoiled over the years. It lies just a few yards off Highway 20, which runs between H ohenwald and Summenown in Tennessee, close to the Natchez Trace Park­ way entrance. Editor's Note Issue previews annual meeting presentations N ovember 2009 •Volume 35, N umber 4 We Proceeded On is the official publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail H eritage have been fortunate to attend will share his theory that the pistols Foundation, Inc. Its name derives from each Foundation annual meeting Lewis carried at the time of his death a phras,e that appears repeatedly in the since 2004, which has provided collective journals of the expedition. © 2009 1 were flintlock pistols made by William E. G. Chuinard, M.D., Fozmder me the opportunity to listen to excep- Booth of Philadelphia ("Lewis carried ISSN 02275-6706 tional scholarly presentations, expe­ a pair of 'gentleman's' flintlock pistols Editor rience segments of on his final journey," Wendy M. Raney the Lewis and Clark page 46). P.O . Box 3434 Trail first hand, and Thomas Danisi Great Fails, MT 59403 406-454-1234 enjoy the fellowship has spent the last [email protected] and enthusiasm that several years con­ are hallmarks of our ducting research for Volunteer Proofreaders Dr. H . Carl Camp organization. Each a biography of Lew­ Jerry Garrett year I share some of is. He will present a the presentations in Printed by PRISM Color Corporation, new perspective on Moor estown, New Jersey We Proceeded On. Lewis's death at the This issue we bring annual meeting, and EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Chairman several presenta­ in this issue he out­ James J. Holmberg tions to readers on lines what happened Louisville, Kentucky the front end of our annual meeting to the land warrant Lewis received as Dr. Jay Buckley Glen Lindeman and look forward to sharing several compensation for his exploratory ex­ Pro-vo, Utah Pullman, Washington . Dr. H. Carl Camp Dr. Robert Moore, Jr. more rn upcorrung issues. pedition to the Pacific Coast ("Meri­ Omaha, Nebraska St. Louis, Missouri As most WPO readers know, this wether Lewis's Land Warrant: An Un­ Dr. Roben <2arriker Dr. Gary Moulton annu al meeting has been moved from timely Reward," page 32.) Spokane, Washington Lincoln, Nebraska August to October to commemorate Finally, in this issue, we feature a Barb Kubik David Nicandri Vancouver, Washington Tacoma, Washington the death of Meriwether Lewis. The discussion and analysis of the medical first week of October, members and theories that have long been proposed Membership Information scholars will gather in Olive Branch, regarding Lewis's death. ("The Death Membership in the Lewjs and Clark Trail Mississippi, to honor Lewis and of Meriwether Lewis," page 22). Dr. Heritage Foundation is open to the public. remember his legacy. David Peck presents the various medi­ Information and applications are available by This issue of WPO opens with an ar­ writing Membership Coordinator, Lewis and cal theories, compares them with in­ Clark Trail Heritage Foundation., P.O. Box ticle by David Nicandri ("Meriwether formation in the historical record and 3434, Great Falls, MT 59403. Lewis: The Solitary Hero," page 8), discusses their plausibility based on We Proceeded On, the quaned y journal who will make a keynote presenta­ modern medical science. of the Foundation, is mailed to current tion at the annual meeting on the At the Foundation, and in WPO members in February, May, August and complexities of Meriwether Lewis. in particular, we have made every at­ N ovember. Articles appearing in this journal His article is an interesting analysis of tempt to focus on the achievements are abstracted and indexed in HISTORICAL Al!STRAGTS and AMERICA: H ISTORY AND LIFE. how Lewis may have orchestrated the of Meriwether Lewis and the tales of western expedition so that he alone adventure and exploration he crafted. Annual Membership Categories: could experience the grandest mo­ For those interested in pursuing a de­ Student $30 ments of discovery: the Great Falls bate over whether his death was a sui­ Indjvidual $49 Individual 3-Year: $133 of the Missouri, the first glimpse into cide or murder, the Foundation's 2009 Family/ lntemational $65 the Columbia country from the crest annual meeting provides ample op­ Trail Partner: $200 of the Continental Divide, the Pacific portunity. Scholars Jay Buckley, James Heritage Club $100 Ocean and several others. Holmberg and John D.W. Guice will Explorer Club $150 WPO Jefferson Club $250 In May 2006, was dedicated present a panel discussion led by mod­ Discovery Club $500 to "The Guns of Lewis and Clark." erator Clay Jenkinson on how Lewis Lifetime Membership: $995, $2,500 and $5,000 That issue stands out as one of the died. Jenkinson also will moderate a most popular issues in our journal's roundtable discussion on the same is­ The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation1 Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation. 35-year history. Michael Carrick sue that is open to participation from Individlial membership dues are not tax deductible. all meeting attendees. Throughout the The portion of premium Clues over $49 is taX contributed an article to that issue of deductible. WPO, and at this year's annual meeting 2009 annual meeting, new theories on 2 - We Proceeded On November 2009 his death will be presented and infor­ mation associated with his last days will be discussed. I am looking forward to present­ ing fresh topics and introducing new scholars in upcoming issues of WPO. I am particularly excited about an issue that will be co-edited by Dr.Jay Buck­ ely, a professor at Brigham Young University, and include articles by his students. Foundation members cannot help but notice there have been significant changes at the Foundation in recent months. I want to take this opportu­ nity to assure you that you will not be seeing any major changes in the way we produce and deliver We Proceeded On. A Foundation mailing early this summer announced that we are "going green." While we will be transitioning The Orderly Report to an online e­ newsletter this fall, we do not plan to make changes to this publication. The Orderly Report will be delivered on a quarterly basis by e-mail to those members who have supplied the Foundation with that information. Foundation headquarters will mail a paper copy of The Orderly Report to members who call to request it. Goodbye to a dear friend This morning as I prepared to send this issue to the printer, I learned that a longtime, very dear friend of the Foundation and We Proceeded On passed away. It is with deep sad­ ness that I share with readers of WPO the passing of Bob Hunt of Seattle, Washington. Bob was a prolific con­ tributor to WPO, writing more than 20 published articles, and he attended annual meetings for two decades, until declining health prevented him from doing so in 2007. We will include a full obituary on Bob in the February 2010 issue. The Foundation staff and board of directors extend their deepest sym­ pathies to Bob's wife, Pat, and their family and friends. -Wendy Raney Editor wpo@lewisandc lark.org November 2009 We Proceeded On - 3 Letters The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. Opportunities for discovery continue; Lewis's death P.O. Box 3434, Great Falls, MT 59403 406-454-1234 I 1-888-701-3434 Fax: 406-771-9237 www.lewisandclark.org It is very exciting to read in the August in 1807," p. 32) sent me an e-mail just as The mission of the LCTHF is: issue of We Proceeded On that letters the August issue was printed. He wanted As Keepers of the Story - Stewards of the and documents related to the Lewis and to make a change on page 36, column 2, Trail, the Lewis and Clark Trail Clark Expedition are still surfacing after paragraph 2, so the third sentence would Heritage Foundation, Inc. provides a passage of 200 years. In reading James read: "That is exactly the strategy Lewis national leadership in maintaining the Holmberg's article ("'Fairly launched on employed two years later. " He added integrity of the Trail and its story through my voyage of discovery,"' p.
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