Keywords
Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Thomas Freeman, Freeman and Custis Expedition, Hunter and Dunbar
Abstract
Simply conducting expeditions was not enough to define the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase. To be useful, the knowledge of Louisiana that Jefferson’s and Wilkinson’s soldiers and scientists gained from observation and inquiry needed to be interpreted and published. Jefferson’s “Message from the President” delivered to Congress on February 19, 1806, made some of their findings available to the public for the first time. His report informed the world that the Lewis and Clark and Hunter-Dunbar expeditions had collected a wealth of scientific information. It contained Lewis and Clark’s interim report written during the winter of 1804-1805, information documenting Hunter and Dunbar’s 1804-1805 exploration of the Ouachita, and physician John Sibley’s reflections on the Red River country, along with several maps of the areas by Nicholas King, based on the explorers’ field maps.
Original Publication Citation
Buckley, Jay H. “Exploring the Louisiana Purchase and Its Borderlands: The Lewis and Clark, Hunter and Dunbar, Zebulon Pike, and Freeman and Custis Expeditions in Perspective [Part 2].” We Proceeded On 47, no. 1 (February 2021): 12-22.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Buckley, Jay H., "Exploring the Louisiana Purchase and Its Borderlands: The Lewis and Clark, Hunter and Dunbar, Zebulon Pike, and Freeman and Custis Expeditions in Perspective [Part 2]" (2021). Faculty Publications. 7422.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7422
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2021-2
Publisher
Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
History
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