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 For Captain Clark: Sergeant Ordway, Sergeant Nat Pryor, John Shields, George Shannon, William Bratton, Dick Windsor, George Gibson, Hugh Hall, Francois Labiche, John Colter, the fast runner, John Collins, Tom Howard, John Potts, Baptiste Lepage, Alex Willard, Joe Whitehouse, Peter Wiser, Old Cruzatte, York, Chaboneau, and the Bird-woman.

For Captain Lewis: Sergeant Pat, Joe Fields and Reuben Fields, Drouillard, the hunter, William Werner, Rob Frazier, Hugh McNeal, John Thompson and Si Goodrich.

Then where was Peter? Nobody seemed to want him. But Sergeant Pat made a scrape and a salute.

"Beg your pardon, sorr," to Captain Lewis; "but are we to lave Peter here till we come ag'in?"

"'Pon my word!" exclaimed the captain. "No! He's to come along with us, of course. He's in your charge, Pat, remember."

"Yis, sorr. Thank ye, sorr," answered Pat.

And Peter was glad.

So the parties separated, Captain Clark to the south, and the place where the canoes and goods had been left last August; Captain Lewis to the east and the Great Falls.

"Good luck, boys," was the final word. "We'll all meet at the Missouri. Then down we'll go, for home."

The Pierced Noses who had guided across the mountains went with Captain Lewis a short distance