Dear Readers: May I suggest, before you read the Journals of Lewis and Clark, contact a noted scholar by the name of Clay S. Jenkinson and play at least 2 of his DVD's; "Thomas Jefferson" Mr. Jenkinson portrays this man, the Third President of the U. S. of A. and he is the one that got the idea to explore the West. He bought the Louisia Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte, and the second DVD The Lewis and Clark Expediton, is mostly about Capt.lewis....The reason I wanted to read the journals, is because my father and I used to hunt in the State of Washington, along Columbia River, and we were at the Lolo Hot Springs in the State of Idaho and hunted and fishedin the Clearwater River, and in Western Montana. The journals portrayed the hardship of traveling against thewaters of the Missouri River; the meeting of at least 50 Indian tribes, trying to explain to them that they werepeacful soldiers; and the fact that a Shoshone Indian woman riding on a horse with a papoose on her back, gave proof that these peopls were not warriors. Also, Capt. Clark brought with him a Negro Slave, which was common in the 17th Century in America...The Indians called York, a Black White Man. Capt. Clark also brought his dog, a black Labrador along, named Seaman, who was very sharp and smart. The one thing that was amazing to me was when the Corps arrived at the shore of the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River, the weather in that areaduring the winter months was very wet, and they had to decide where to make camp and soon. So, Capt. Clark gathered the whole group together and asked them to vote as to where shall we buiild a fort during the winterof 1805 and 1806; it was the first time that a slave and a Indian woman voted in the future of America The End. CJ.I purchased from Amazon both the Journals of Lewis and Clark and the book "Sacajawea" written by Anna Waldo; thisbook was so interesting, that I read it 6 times, and I am not a reader per se, I am a musician that loves to sing.