Excerpt from History of the Expedition, Vol. 2 of 2: Of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-5-6 All expedition to join the party attached to Captain Clark Arriving near the Missouri they are alarmed by the sound of rifles, which proves fortunately to be from the party of their friends under the command of Serjeant Ordway The two detachments, thus fortunately united, leave their horses and descend the Missouri in canoes They continue their route down the river to form a junction with Captain Clark Vast quantities of game found in their passage down the river - Captain Lewis accidentally wounded by one of his own party They proceed down the Missouri, and at length join Captain Clark 368. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.