The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-09
Ceremony Today by d. A. r,
Members at Travellers Rest
Creek, Near LOlO

After almost = century and a quar-
ter the men who served N the ranks
Of the Lewis and Clark expedition
are to receive due and mcrited recOg-
milton. To-day at Travellers Rest
creek, near LOlc, II miles above Mis-
sOula there will be unveiled By the
Montana state society, Daughters of
the American Revolution, a splendid
bronze tablet, carrying the names o.
the complete personnel Of the Lewis
and Clark expedition.
Numerous tablets have been erected
concentrating the historic efforts
Of Captain Meriweather Lewis and
William Clark, and a few monuments
and markers can be found extOlling
the splendid services of the heroine
Of the expedition, Sacajawea, the
little daughter of the ShOshOne,
known as the "Bird-wOman.' Little
mention except in the official jour
nails has been made, however, of the
intrepid explorers, who served well
and faithfully in the ranks of that
great adventure, undertaken by the
Virginia captains in 1804-06..
An UnsOlved Mystery.
Students of history are familiar
with the tragic death, yelled in mys,
terry, of Meriweather Lewis, who lies
beneath a marble statue in a lonely
spot in Lewis county, Tennessee
They are also aware that Captain
Clark, after distinguished service as
az officer and as governor Of tn;
territory of Missouri, died in st
Louis, where his remains are Inferred
It does not seem to be a matter o.
general knowledge to those living IL
this age that the expedition was en-
tirely of a military character. Il
addition to the two captains Their,
were four nOn-commissioned off
GERS, Sergeants Floyd, John Ordway
Nathaniel Pryor and Patrick Gass.
Floyd died in the early stages o
the expedition and lies buried be
meath an imposing monument a
Sioux City, Iowa.
The other three remained with tn
expedition until the return to 81
Louis and rendered invaluable an
heroic service.
Pryor later served in the War 0
1912 and became a captain in tn
regular army.
Grave Unmarked.
The resting place Of only enc O
these, Sergeant Gass, is known. H
is buried in West Virginia, but Il
monument marks his grave.
There are others among the enliste
men, who too deserve to have thei
names inscribed in stone and bronz'
There is Drouillard, known as "DreV
yer" the intelligent and courageou
vOyageur, whose remarkable skill an
craftsmanship as a hunter on MOI
than n occasion saved the eXped
ton from actual starvation.
Private Droillard returned to MOI
tana as a trapper and soon thereaftC
fell a victim to warfare Of the Blacl
feet, and lies buried in an unknow
grave somewhere near Three Forks
There was Golfer, frontier soldi'
and invaluable wOOdsman, who all
returned to Montana and passC
through one Of the most thrilling e
oapes known in the annals OF India
adventures.
Then there were the Fields brothe
Of Kentucky, reliable and crafty, WI
time and again were assigned to II
portant services by their commander
and the boy Shannon, who ran awi
from school in Pennsylvania, ma
his way through the wilderness to
Louis, to accompany the expedite
He later rose to a judgeship, of lOl
duration in Kentucky, afterwards b
coming United States district ATTIC