Book Reviews • Sex and the Single Explorer • The Natchez Trace and Andrew Jackson, 1815 Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation August 2015 Volume 41, No. 3 Updating Clark’s “Error of the Southwest” Plus The Curious Afterlife of Clark’s 1798–1801 Notebook the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal VOLUME 9 - 2015 The Mystery of Alfred Jacob Miller’s Portrait of Captain Joseph Reddeford Walker by Vic Nathan Barkin Questioning the identity of the person whose portrait Miller painted, the image of Joe Walker may not be him at all. Wolverines in the Fur Trade by Fred Poyner IV Though the beaver was the most sought after animal during the fur trade era, many other creatures were trapped. The 1808 Murder Trial of George Drouillard by Melissa Tiffie An in-depth look at an early St. Louis legal case, examining frontier justice using actual court documents. Exploring Rocky Mountain Trapper Productivity by Jim Hardee Attempts to quantify beaver trapping, searching to discover how many pelts a mountaineer might reasonably expect to harvest in a twelve month period. Informative, fun, and inspiring to read! Blackfeet Peacemaker: The Search for Nicholas Small Robe by George Capps The search for the Piegan man who urged peaceful trade with neighboring tribes as well as with trappers. A peer-reviewed scholarly publication from the Museum of the Mountain Man and Jim Bridger Challenges the HBC in the post-Rendezvous Era Sublette County Historical Society by Jerry Enzler A study of fur trade competition in the 1840s, utilizing Full Color Paperback, 8 x 11 important documents recently discovered in the Hudson’s ISBN: 978-0-9768113-9-1 Bay Company Archives. Archibald Pelton, Mad Man of the Mountains To order visit our website at by Larry E. Morris www.mmmuseum.com The tragic tale of a young mountaineer and contemporary of or call 307-367-4101 or 1-877-686-6266 Andrew Henry, Manuel Lisa, and Wilson Price Hunt. MUSEUM of the MOUNTAIN MAN Sublette County Historical Society-A Foundation P.O. Box 909, 700 E. Hennick St., Pinedale, Wyoming 82941 tel 307-367-4101 fax 307-367-6768 [email protected] www.mmmuseum.com Contents Message from the President 3 L & C Roundup 4 Letters 7 Hiding in Plain Sight: The Curious Afterlife of 10 William Clark’s 1798–1801 Notebook By Jo Ann Trogdon Meriwether Lewis Clark, p. 10 Updating William Clark’s “Error of the Southwest” 15 By John C. Jackson Sex and the Single Explorer: A Response to William 26 Benemann’s “My Friend and Companion: The Intimate Journey of Lewis and Clark” By Alicia DeMaio Reviews: Gloomy Terrors and Hidden Fires, by Glen W. Lindeman; 30 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, by Bob Gatten The Natchez Trace and Andrew Jackson inside back cover Detail of Clark’s map, p. 18 On the cover: Carol Grende’s bronze statue titled “Sacajawea’s Arduous Journey” is framed by aspens at the U.S. District Court Building in Great Falls, Montana, in this photo by incom- ing president of the Lewis and Clark Foundation Steve Lee. Chickasaw Elder Robert Perry, inside back cover We Proceeded On welcomes submissions of articles, proposals, inquiries, and letters. Writer’s guidelines are available by request and can be found on our website (www.lewisandclark.org). Submissions may be sent to Robert Clark, WSU Press, P.O. Box 645910, Pullman, WA 99164-5910, or by email to [email protected]. The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. P.O. 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IRS Exemption $4 shipping & handling Certificate No. 501(c)3, Identification No. 510187715. 2 We Proceeded On August 2015 President’s Message A Message from the President Buchel; thanks go to Kris Townsend the Lewis and Clark story around the and Dan Sturdevant for making our world by expanding our presence on website robust and populated with the Internet and in social media. We many new nuggets like chapter events need to strengthen our partnership and all the past editions of We Proceeded with the National Park Service and On; our Trail Stewardship Grant pro- the Partnership for the National Trail gram is stronger than ever because of System. What can we do collabora- the very thoughtful committee of Mike tively to expand our capacity to help Loesch, Steve Lee, Jane Henley, Rob each other accomplish our respec- Heacock, and Dee Roche; and Lynn tive missions? How can we get “more Davis has been an inspiration as our boots on the ground” across the trail membership watchdog, always think- to continue the work of implement- ing about how to recruit and provide ing the direction spelled out so clearly better service to our members. With in the Trails Act that established the This is my last President’s Message to Barb Kubik’s leadership, we now have National Historic Trail in 1978? How my friends and colleagues of the Lewis an educational grant program about to can we build more capacity to be a and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. be launched for the Burroughs’s Fund; better advocate to protect the Trail As I reflected on what I should say, I Philippa Newfield has worked won- from increasing threats so future gen- couldn’t help but wonder what our ders with our annual meeting commit- erations can have the same opportu- esteemed captains and their loyal corps tee, lining up an exciting pipeline of nities we have enjoyed walking in the might have been thinking in 1806 as annual meetings; and Executive Direc- footsteps of Lewis and Clark and the they quickly floated down the Mis- tor Lindy Hatcher and loyal office Corps of Discovery? How can we dis- souri, back to their homes and loved greeter Don Peterson have been ever tribute We Proceeded On to a global ones. I’m sure they experienced a flood diligent in efforts to improve commu- audience? of emotions thinking about their jour- nications and relationships with our These are some of the questions ney of a lifetime and what lay ahead— chapters, our federal agency partners, foremost in my mind as I leave the a mix of elation that the journey was and the Partnership for the National president’s post and that I pose to you, over, gratitude for the good memories, Trails System.