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Q: Who was the most mentioned shooter/hunter?

A: George Drouillard

Q: Who played the fiddle?

A: Pierre Cruzatte and George Gibson, although Cruzatte seems to have been the primary fiddler.

Q: How many add-ons like Sacagawea and Charbonneau were there on the expedition? Who were the others?

A: Including the Charbonneau family there were seven individuals who joined the expedition after it had started. They were

  1. Sacagawea
  2. Toussaint Charbonneau
  3. Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
  4. Phillipe Degie
  5. Pierre Dorion, Sr.
  6. Joseph Gravelines
  7. Jean Baptiste La Page i

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