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I got mad one day and told the other men how much I disliked
the way the Corps of Discovery was run. I had long talks with
Moses Reed, and we felt the same. We tried to get some of the
other men to turn back with us. The captains found out and put
us on trial. I was whipped 75 times on my bare back, and I was
kicked out of the party. Even though I went with them as far
as Fort Mandan, I was no longer a member of the Corps and had
to work like a criminal doing hard labor only. I tried to be
good so they would allow me to continue, but it was not to be
and I was sent back to St. Louis with the keelboat in 1805.
I later received a pension and a land grant as a member of the
expedition. I married but had no children, then went west as
a trapper. I was killed by the Yankton Sioux in 1838. |
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