Originally Posted by TnBigBore
One of my ancestors (John Shields), and one of my distant relatives (Meriwether Lewis) were part of the expedition. I have read many books on the expedition and while the idea of it thrills me, the reality is something else. Maybe, just maybe when I was in my 20s and a college athlete I could have hacked it physically, but likely not. These men were as tough as shoe leather. Maybe there are some here who would be up for it, but I think most a deluding themselves.


Wasn’t Shields the acting gunsmith on the expedition?

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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

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