Private John Dame
Sketch copyright by Michael Haynes.
P.S. I was part of the return party from the Mandan villages in 1805. I was still only 21 years old when we arrived in St. Louis, but people didn't keep track of me after 1805, so nothing is known of my later life or career.
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