The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17

ganIzed. 1t was thought wise to send
younger soldier with Captain Lewis.
Georges brother. William, born August
l, l770. was in 1903 thirty-th three years of
age, and in the army with suitable rank
The president and congress fully i'm
pressed with the belief that William also
greatly distinguished his brother. selected
the younger Clark to take military com
mand OF the Lewis and Clark adventure
into the unknown northwest.
This young NirSlnian Of noble face and
commanding figure. who had served in
the frontier army from his fifteenth year
and was possessed of ample elf-conh-
dence, born In him and Increased by
much Indian fighting. entered into the
plans of the government with the great
est enthusiasm.
the exploring command gathered to-
Sether at the mouth OF the Missouri
river; and after preparing for severe
weather. spent the winter of 1904 at
tnat point outfittinS and drilling. The
design was to travel through the lower
part OF the country by water. Two cap
tains and twentycight men composed
the command. More than 400 Spaniards.
under the command OF fernando Cortez
and several captains. undertook the con-
quest OF Mexico $50 years earlier.
The contrast In numbers OF men en-
ployed In the two enterprises is striking.
Louisiana Purchase.
In the year 1903 the United States pur-
chased louisiana and the country TO the
northwest. as far rs the Rocky noun
tains, from Napoleon, paying the French
government SIS 900. 900 TO retire from
western America.
States a semblapcc of title to the coun-
try as far northwest as the Jefferson
valley In Montana. Thence on to the
Pacific coast. while different govern
ments may have asserted shadowy claims
TO the land, it had no real owner but
the Indians themselves.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was
organized 10 explore the northwestern
part of the territory purchased from
France. as well as the country beyond
as far as the Pacific, In The spring of
mitted. the ascent OF tho Missouri was
begun by Lewis and Clark and their
hardy companions.
The explorers passed the following win
Ter III The Maudan Indian country at
~ degrees Il minutes north latitude. and
there the commanders found they needed
the services OF some one with q talent
for writing entertainlngly OF matters
lighter than exploration. geography and
geology Love would havo been his
theme. James Fennemore Cooper would
nave found a romance ready made. for
at this second winter camp youngster
employed by Lewis and Clark TO perform
the hard labor of exploration, met and
woood a Maudan girl, and to win her
fought a duel with an Indian rival. left
the company In the night and carried off
the maiden with him.
In this manner the Dakota Carlton
family. noted TO the present day for the
charm of It's brunette women and the
vIgor Of its stalwart men, was founded
The details OF that pretty love story
mental writer while we pursue our way
westward with tho explorers
During the season OF 1905 the expedi- |
tion pushed on to The mouth OF the JEFF
lerson fork of the Missouri river in Mon |
tana, and at that point, October T. 1906. |
Lewis and Clark were Joined by SAGA
iawea, her baby boy and her French hus-
band. The latter was supposed to act
as guide, but as he really knew little OF
the country to the west. the RESPONSE |
bility OF leading the expedition fell upon
the Shoshone girl.
With the assistance Of tho French In
dian family, a land journey OF a few
days duration was made by the company
across tho continental divide to an inn |
portant tributary of the Columbia river |
Hore all embarked In canoes and floated |
down this tributary stream to It's mouth. |
This stage OF The long journey was fin
ished November Is. 1905.
The next few months were spent in |
the country OF the Nez Percc Indians
along the Columbia, mainly east OF the
other princess not mentioned by the |
writer's OF the. story OF Shoshonc girl |
Sacajawea: met people from the outside
world The explorers were Hospitality re-
ceiyed by the Nez Perez tribe. some find |
Ing shelter In one part OF village and |!
others in another
Princess Marries Clark
One OF the chieftains invited Captain |
william Clark to his residence and in |
troduccd him TO his daughter, n maiden |
16 years old. who was known as the |
lovlicst girl OF the allied tribes She WAS
called the Singing Linnct" by reason OF |
her cheerful disposition. The gallant |
Virginian was Immediately smitten, and |
bold in love in war. he quickly OBJ |
tanned the maidcn's consent to mar
rlage
The father of the girl. overawed as
Indians have ever been by white men, |
consented to the union, and marriage ac-
Cording to NeZ Pcrce rites soon followed. |
The rest of the winter was full Of bliss
for the princess, and far from unhappy
for Captain Clark, we may suppose. The |
cold weather soon passed away, and early
In the spring OF 1906 preparations were
made to complete the work of exploring
the country near the coast and start on
the return journey,
The white men marched away, leaving
the linnct again In hor fathers tent
Those who know the story try TO be-
lieve Captain Clark Intended as he prom
ised, TO return and tak0 his wife to his
own country east of the mountains-a
country that was then only q name to
the red people OF the far northwest
Whatever his intention may have been,
the husband never returned to his wait
ing wife.
In the summer OF 1906 the linnet bore