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Expedition has sailed upwards on the river Missouri in May, 1804 and in November has wintered in territory of modern state of Dakota, in 2600 km from Sen-Luisa, at Indians of a tribe mandan. In April of next year expedition has risen still above across Missouri, has crossed Rocky mountains and has reached the rivers of Colombia. On November, 14th, 1805 travellers have reached a mouth of this river and there have wintered. The lack of supplies has compelled them to return; on March, 23rd, 1806 expedition has acted in a way back. It followed on the river-snejk (Snake) and to one of its inflows (river Kliruoter) and left in area of mountains Bitter-Rut. The travel description furnishes the clue to the made important deviation aside from a direct way. Here that in it it is spoken:

' Captain Lewis with nine people should go in the shortest way [through pass Lolo] to falls to Missouri. Here it will leave three person to make vehicles for a transportation of property of expedition and shuttles-canoes through dragged. With other six people it should rise on the river Marias to investigate district and to find out, whether comes any of its sources or inflows to 50th parallel then to go down on the river to a mouth. Other participants of expedition will go with captain Clark to verhovev the rivers Jefferson on which sergeant Orduej with group from nine persons will go down downwards with shuttles and other property left there. After that captain Clark with ten people who have remained at its order will go to the river Yellowstone in a place of its maximum rapprochement with a threefold fork of Missouri. Here they will construct a canoe and will go down downwards on the river '.