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The following images are grouped by artist.

Robert F. Morgan

AT LEMHI (Oil, 1988) August 12, 1805 Meriwether Lewis: the mountains are high on either hand leave this gap at the head of this rivulet through which the road passes. here I halted a few minutes and rested myself. two miles below McNeal had exultingly stood with a foot on each side of this little rivulet and thanked his god that he had lived to bestride the might & heretofore deemed endless Missouri. after refreshing ourselves we proceeded on to the top of the dividing ridge from which I discovered immence ranges of high mountains still to the West of us with their tops partially covered with snow. (Moulton, Vol. 5, p. 74)	WHITE BEARS AND WHITE CLIFFS (Oil, 1988) May 31, 1805 Patrick Gass: We passed some very curious cliffs and rocky peaks, in a long range. Some of them 200 feet high and not more than eight feet thick. They seems as if built by the hand of man, and are so numerous that they appear like the ruins of an ancient city. (Moulton, Vol. 10, p. 96)

DECISION (Oil, 1988) June 3 Patrick Gass: The commanding officers could not determine which of these rivers or branches, it was proper to take; and therefore concluded to send a small party up each of them. Myself and two men went up the South branch, and a serjeant and two more up the North. (Moulton, Vol. 10, p. 97) John Ordway: the left fork which is the largest we are doubtful of. the Indians do not mention any river falling in on the right in this part of the Missourie. (Moulton, Vol. 9, p. 161)
C.M. Russell

CLARK OVERLOOKING THE GREAT FALLS (Pen and ink, 1906) June 17, 1805 William Clark: we proceeded up the river passing a Sucession of rapids & Cascades to the Falls, which we herd for Several miles making a dedly Sound, I beheld those Cateracts with astonishment (Moulton, Vol. 4, p. 304)	INDIANS DISCOVERING LEWIS AND CLARK (Oil, 1896) May 29, 1805 Meriwether Lewis: on the Missouri just above the entrance of the Big Horn River I counted the remains of fires of 126 Indian lodges which appeared to be of very recent date perhaps 12 or 15 days. Capt. Clark also saw a large encampment just above the entrance of this river on the Stard. Side of reather older date, probably the same Indians. The Indian woman with us exmined the mockersons which we found at these encampments and informed us that they were not of her nation the Snake Indians, but she believed they were some of the Indians who inhabit the country on this side of Rocky Mountains and North of the Missoury and I think it most probable that they were the Minetaries of Fort de Prarie. (Moulton, Vol. 4, p. 216)

YORK (Watercolor 1908) March 9, 1805 William Clark: The grand chief of the Minnetarees, who is called by the French Le Borgne, from his having but one eye, came down for the first time to the fort. . . . the chief observed that some foolish young men of his nation had told him there was a person among us who was quite black and he wished to know if it could be true. We assured him that it was true, and sent for York. Le Borgne was very much surprised at his appearance, examined him closely, and spit on his finger and rubbed the skin in order to wash off the paint; nor was it until the negro uncovered his head and showed his short hair, that Le Borgne could be persuaded that he was not a painted white man.¹ ¹ Coues, Elliot, editor. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark; To the Sources of the Missouri River, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, performed during the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the United States. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893. Vol. 1, p. 243. Nicholas Biddle edited this description by Clark of Le Borgne’s encounter with York into the original 1814 edition of the journals. The same entry in the Moulton edition of the journals does mention this event.

LEWIS AND CLARK MEETING THE INDIANS AT ROSS’ HOLE (Oil, 1896) September 4, 1805 William Clark: . . . prosued our Course down the Creek to the forks about 5 miles where we met a part of the Tushepau nation of 33 Lodges about 80 men 400 Total and at least 500 horses, those people recved us friendly, threw white robes over our Sholders & Smoked in the pipes of peace, we Encamped with them & found them friendly but nothing but berries to eate a part of which they gave us, those Indians are well dressed with Skin Shirts & robes, they Stout & light complected more So than Common for Indians, The Chiefs harangued untill late at night, Smoked our pipe and appeared Satisfied. I was the first white man who ever wer on the watrs of this river. (Moulton, Vol. 5, p. 187)
E.S. Paxson

LEWIS AND CLARK AT THREE FORKS (Oil, 1912) August 10, 1805 John Ordway: the River Small & amazeing crooked, our Commanding officers thought proper that the Missourie Should loose its name at the 2 3 forks we passed Some time ago, where we expected to have found the Snake nation of Indians. So they named the North fork Jeffersons River, the west or middle fork Maddisons River, the South fork Gallitine River, . . .. (Moulton, Vol. 9, p. 200)

LEWIS AT BLACK EAGLE FALLS (Oil, 1912) June 14, 1805 Meriwether Lewis: below this fall at a little distance a beautifull little Island well timbered is situated about the middle of the river. in this Island on a Cottonwood tree an Eagle has placed her nest; a more inaccessable spot I beleive she could not have found; for neither man nor beast dare pass those gulphs which seperate her little domain from the shores. (Moulton, Vol. 4, p. 291)
Dean Cornwell

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION IN 1804 (Oil, c. 1955) August 3, 1804 William Clark: The Situation of this place which we Call Council Bluff which is handsom ellevated a Spot well Calculated for a Trading establishment, the Bank high & leavel on top well Calculated for a fort to Command the Countrey and river the low bottom above high water & well Situated under the Command of the Hill for Houses to trade with the Natives (Moulton, Vol. 4, p. 440)
Henry Lion

LEWIS AND CLARK WITH SACAJAWEA (Bronze, c. 1953) August 8, 1805 Meriwether Lewis: the Indian woman recognized the point of a high plain to our right which she informed us was not very distant from the summer retreat of her nation on a river beyond the mountains which runs to the west. this hill she says her nation calls the beaver’s head from a conceived remblance of it’s figure to the head of that animal. (Moulton, Vol. 5, p. 59)
Harold Von Schmidt

THE RAPIDS (Oil, 1954) April 19, 1806 Meriwether Lewis: This morning early we had our small canoes drawn out, and employed all hands in transporting our baggage on their backs and by means of four pack horses, over the portage. (Moulton, vol., 7, p. 142) William Clark: the 2 large Canoes we Could take no further and therefore Cut them up for fuel. (Moulton, vol., 7, p. 143)