Laurel outlook., 1945-10-10
Observation-Disclosures
LEWIS AND
CLARK
The Great American Odyssey
A Condensed Story of
the Historic EXpedi-
ton of 1S04-6.
Copyright 1915, Walter Meacham)
Copyright 1915, Walter Meacham)
CHAPTER 10
Rewards of the Journey

lDelT OlllCldl TepOTl Ol tie SApSui
ton. President jefferson was over
joyed to see them and congratu
lated them heartily on the success
Of their historic venture. His wa
the satisfaction of knowing tina
his dreams and plans would sool
bear fruit and he visioned a unitet
nation stretching from sea to sea
Congress was in session whel
Lewis and Clark arrived and, as /;
reward to the members of the ex
petition, each private and non.
commissioned officer was giver
300 acres of land; to Captain Lewis
was given 1900 acres; to Captain
Clark, 1000 acres. However, Cap
tain Lewis refused to accept more
land than was given to Captain
Clark. In addition, both captains
were allowed double pay during the
time of their absence.
Captain Lewis resigned from the
army on March 2, 1907, and was
appointed governor of Louisiana
territory. Captain Clark was ap-
pointed general of territorial militia
and Indian agent. When the ter
ritory of Missouri was formed in
1912, Clark was appointed COVER
nor. Though he was not old in
years when he died, his life was
crowded with action and drama
and he came to the end of the
trail enjoying the confidence and
respect of all who we're privileged
to know him.
Rivet and Degie-when Lewis
and Clark reached the mouth of
the C%annonball river on Oct. IS,
1904, they met two Frenchmen,
Philippe Degie DECAY and -
Greinyea, coming down the river
in a canoe. They had been robbed
by the Mandan Indians of their
guns, ammunition, furs and traps.
They joined the party in the hope
of recovering their property.
During the winter at Fort Man
dan, Rivet, the man who danced
his head, formed a partnership
with Degie. They built a boat and
accompanied Corporal Warrington
down the Missouri in 1905, leaving
him at an Arikara village to trap
for beaver. On Aug. 81, 1906,
when Lewis and Clark were or
their return journey from the
'Oregon Country" they encountered
three Frenchmen near the mouth
of the Big Beaver river in the pre-
sent North Dakota, headed up the
Missouri. Two of these men were
.ivet and Degie.
In later years, some time be-
tween 1918 and 1926, Rivet and
Degie emigrated to the Oregon
and settled in the William
,tte valley. They ended life's jour
ley there and were buried in the
I'D st. Paul churchyard. Degie
lied Feb. 27, 1847, aged 108 years;
2ivet passed away Sept. Is, 1852,
95 years.
Carson-Alexander Carson accom-
,anied Lewis and Clark to Fort
dandan in 1904. In the spring of
S05 he returned to st. Louis with
Warrington. >Regretting
hat he had not been able to go
lear through to the Pacific coast
Nth the expedition, he seized the
pportunity of joining the Wilson
rice Hunt party in 1911, which
,as headed for the mouth of the
Columbia. He remained in the Ore
on country as a free trapper. In
836 he was killed at Alec's butte,
ear the present Lafayette, Yam
i'll county, Oregon.
Dorion-Pierre Dorion, a rowing
'rench frontiersman who had ac-
uired Indian ways and had taken
Sioux Indian woman as a wife,
let Lewis and Clark on June II
lille on his way to st. Louis. |
he captains persuaded him to join
as a Sioux interpreter. The
arty camped at the mouth of the }
ames river and sent Dorion up }
lat stream to contact a Sioux vii J
.ge and bring some of the chiefs 4
nd braves to hold a council with 4
At this parley medals and (
were distributed among the J
liefs. Dorion stayed with the In }
ans at the request of the cap
.ins, to try to bring about peace ]
tween the various tribes and en- /
,avor to induce some of the chiefs {
visit the Great White Father in ;
,ashington. When asked by Cap }
in Clark what he would like for
present, Dorion said that a jug J
whisky would be most accept
lie.
Dorion's son, Pierre, was present
this council. He, too, had an J
dian woman for wife. Pierre, Jr.,
med the Wilson Price Hunt party
1910 as an interpreter. Accom- +
nying him were his Indian wife,
arie, and their two children. Late
December, 1911, beside an ice
und stream in eastern Oregon.
arie gave birth to the first child
tn white blood in its veins born
the Oregon country. The in