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Contents List of Illustrations......................................................................... viii Acknowledgments........................................................................... ix Introduction ........................................................................................1 1. The Meeting ....................................................................................5 2. Winter ............................................................................................16 3. Against the Current .....................................................................25 4. Over the Top .................................................................................41 5. Fort Clatsop ..................................................................................47 6. Homeward Bound .......................................................................55 7. Afterward ......................................................................................68 8. Father and Son .............................................................................76 9. At Home and Abroad ..................................................................80 10. The Prince and the Frontiersman ............................................85 11. Glimpses of Baptiste ..................................................................92 12. Desolation on the Missouri ......................................................96 13. Westward Once More ..............................................................106 14. John B. Charbonneau .............................................................. 117 Epilogue ..........................................................................................123 Notes................................................................................................133 Bibliography ...................................................................................157 Index ................................................................................................169 ...

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