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Capt. Lewis had little use for me, and called me "a man
of no peculiar merit." But I made myself useful on the
expedition as a cook as well as an interpreter. I served with
the expedition for 19 months, and was paid $500.33. After the
expedition I worked as an interpreter for the Indian Bureau,
making an average of $300 to $400 per year, very good money
at that time. In 1830 I came to St. Louis, "tottering under
the infirmities of 80 winters," to ask for back salaries.
I died sometime around the year 1843 at about 86 years of age. |
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