The exhibit opens at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center March 9 and will remain in the Center's Missouri Room through June 17, 2001.
Normal fees apply.
Many supplies they carried in the keelboat and pirogues were used to present themselves with dignity before the Indian nations and to provide gifts to the chieftans and high-ranking members of each group. Indian leaders, for the most part, met the expedition's diplomatic efforts with graciousness. Several tribal leaders did make the long journey to Washington on Lewis and Clark's urging. Some of this intriguing story comes to light through letters, newspaper articles and diaries. In Washington, the likenesses of several Indian delegates were captured by French artist Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin.