Private John Thompson
Sketch copyright by Michael Haynes.
P.S. I was a valuable member of the expedition, and served all the way to the Pacific and back. It is surprising that no one kept track of me afterward. Captain Clark listed me as "killed" by 1828, probably while working with the fur trade.
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