The Corps of Discovery consisted of the 42 people, one baby, and one dog, including Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who explored the lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase and farther west from 1804-1806. Below are the members of the Corps.Those not labeled as Captain, Lieutenant, Corporal, or Sergeant were known as Privates.
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Captain Meriwether Lewis
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Lieutenant William Clark
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York - William Clark's servant
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Sergeant Charles Floyd, the only man to die in the expedition. His death occurred early in the journey, probably the result of a ruptured appendix.
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Sergeant Patrick Gass, a carpenter who was promoted after the death of Floyd
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Sergeant Nathaniel Hale Pryor - leader of the 1st Squad
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Sergeant John Ordway - His job was to keep records and to issue rations
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Corporal Richard Warfington - helped conduct the 1805 return trip to St. Louis
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John Boley - expedition member
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John Collins - expedition member who was disciplined for stealing whiskey.
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Pierre Cruzatte - Expedition member and skilled river navigator.
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John Dame - Expedition member
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John Colter - Expedition member charged with mutiny.
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Joseph Field - Expedition member; skilled hunter
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Reubin Field - Expedition member; skilled hunter
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William Bratton - Expedition member; blacksmith
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George Gibson Expedition member; hunter and sign language interpreter
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Hugh Hall - Expedition member; disciplined for stealing whiskey
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Robert Frazer - Expedition member
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Thomas Proctor Howard - Expedition member; court-martialed for showing the Mandan Indians how to scale a wall designed to protect the Corps.
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Silas Goodrich - Expedition member; fisherman
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Francois Labiche - Expedition member; fur trapper, interpreter, and navigator
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Hugh McNeal - Expedition member; first to cross the Continental Divide
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John Potts - Expedition member; miller
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Moses Reed - Expedition member; expelled from Corps for desertion
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John Newman - Expedition member; disciplined for repeatedly using bad language
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George Shannon - Expedition member; Youngest member of expedition at 19 years of age
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John Roberston - Expedition member
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John Thompson - Expedition member; surveyor
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John Shields Expedition member; blacksmith and carpenter. Disciplined for mutiny
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Private John Robertson - member of the Corps for a very short time.
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Howard Tunn - Expedition member; hunter, navigator
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Peter Wesner - Expedition member
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William Wesner - Expedition member
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Ebenezer Tuttle - Expedition member
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Isaac White - Expedition member
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Alexander Hamilton Willard Expedition member; blacksmith
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Richard Windsor - Expedition member; hunter
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Joseph Whitehouse - Expedition member; tailor, writer
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Toussaint Charbonneau - Expedition member; translator, fur trapper, cook, and husband of Sacagawea
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Sacagawea - Charbonneau's wife, important language translator and guide
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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau - Son of Sacagawea born on February 11, 1805. His presence alerted Indian groups the expedition was not a war party.
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George Brouillard - Expedition member; interpreter and skilled hunter.
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Seaman - Meriwether Lewis' large, black Newfoundland dog.