Lewis & Clark on the Marias

Glacier County Attorney Larry Epstein describes the fight between Meriwether Lewis’ party of explorers and a small group of young Blackfeet men on the homeward leg of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The encounter resulted in the only Native American deaths during the Corps of Discovery’s three-year trip. Epstein, a nationally recognized expert on this tragic event, was president of the Lewis and Clark Trail Foundation’s national group during the expedition bicentennial and currently serves as that group’s secretary. A fourth-generation Montanan, he grew up in Cut Bank near the encounter site, has studied the expedition since the age of eleven, and offers guided tours of the Two Medicine area. Presence of the Past program series, April 2, 2015

[@arailway8809]

This is a beautiful review of Lewis' activities
in the Marias country. Mr. Epstein and Mr. Ambrose
cover it well.

[@jondough4227]

well done sir. Hope to meet you in person some day. I once floated down the Marias two days in a 26' voyageur canoe with other 'free trappers',.. taking out near the Loma Rt. 87 Bridge

[@robertsloan9284]

Larry is married to Callie Halverson, and they live in Essex Mt. Right above the middle fork of the Flathead River. I used to run with Callie's younger brother Rick (RIP). I slept on their couch in Missoula in 1975 Arbor day, after I gave up my bed to a overly intoxicated friend. Good Montana people.

[@denniswelch4908]

WRONG! Per U.S. Army the rifles Capt. Lewis procured at Harper's Ferry were contract rifles shorted and slings added at Capt. Lewis's request. The Harper's Ferry 1803 rifle did not start production till after he had left. The .69 cal. musket ball is about the size of a dime, not a quarter. The .54 cal. Rifle slug was even smaller.
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[@scottburns2600]

Well, I'll be dipped in shit!

[@dancrawford7141]

blackfeet baby