... Chinook people started to contact the Europeans. The expedition had around thirty-one men in all. The course to the Rocky Mountains was up the Missouri River. An Indian woman, Sacajawea, accompanied the party as guide and interpreter among them. After they reached the mouth of the Cowleskie, the weather turned cold, wet and cloudy there. As they proceeded down the ... ...

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