Corps of Discovery - The Others

In December 1803, William Clark established "Camp River Dubois" at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, north of St. Louis. While there he recruited and trained men, while Meriwether Lewis spent time in St. Louis, conferring with traders about the Upper Missouri regions and obtaining maps made by earlier explorers.

On May 14, 1804, William Clark and the Corps of Discovery left Camp River Dubois, and were joined by Meriwether Lewis in St. Charles, Missouri. The party numbered over 45, and included 27 young, unmarried soldiers, a French-Indian interpreter, and Clark's Black slave York. An additional group of men, engagés, would travel only to the Mandan country for the first winter, and these included six soldiers and several French boatmen.

Military | Civilians | Engagés | Seaman | Burial Sites

Leaders of the Corps of Discovery Expedition Capt. Meriwether Lewis *     Capt.William Clark *

Enlisted Men: Sgt. Charles Floyd Sgt. Patrick Gass * Sgt. John Ordway * Sgt. Nathaniel Hale Pryor * Cpl. Richard Warfington Pvt. John Boley Pvt. William E. Bratton * Pvt. John Collins * Pvt. John Colter * Pvt. Pierre Cruzatte * Pvt. John Dame Pvt. Joseph Field * Pvt. Reubin Field * Pvt. Robert Frazer * Pvt. George Gibson * Pvt. Silas Goodrich * Pvt. Hugh Hall * Pvt.Thomas Proctor Howard * Pvt. François Labiche * Pvt. Jean Baptiste Lepage * Pvt. Hugh McNeal * Pvt. John Newman Pvt. John Potts * Pvt. Moses B. Reed Pvt. John Robertson Pvt. George Shannon * Pvt. John Shields * Pvt. John B. Thompson * Pvt. Ebenezer Tuttle Pvt. Peter M. Weiser * Pvt. William Werner * Pvt. Isaac White Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse * Pvt. Alexander Hamilton Willard * Pvt. Richard Windsor *

Civilians: Toussaint Charbonneau, Interpreter * Sacagawea, Interpreter * Jean Baptiste Charbonneau * Pierre Dorion, Interpreter George Drouillard, Interpreter * Joseph Gravelines, Interpreter York, Slave of William Clark * Engagés-(Hired Boatmen): E. Cann Charles Caugeé Joseph Collin Jean Baptiste Deschamps Charles Hebert Jean Baptiste La Jeunesse La Liberté Etienne Malboeuf Peter Pinaut Paul Primeau François Rivet Peter Roi Lewis' Newfoundland Dog: Seaman *       * Indicates those who made the round trip

For information on the later lives of Lewis and Clark and several of the men of the Corps of Discovery as revealed through original court documents take a look at the St. Louis Court Records Project website.