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In 1804, about forty five men headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark moved up the Missouri River, crossed the Rocky Mountains, and from the Columbia River, reached the Pacific Ocean by November 1805. They returned to St. Louis by September 1806 with great fanfare and important data on native folks, plants and animals, and geography. Several tribes of Native Americans had told Lewis and Clark about grizzly bears. The tribes would only attack these great bears if there were 6-10 folks in their searching celebration, and even then the bears would generally kill considered one of them. The first grizzlies Lewis noticed during the expedition have been two smaller bears. That day Lewis wrote in his journal that though the Native Americans with their bows and arrows might have issues, the grizzlies were no match for expert rifleman. It was the most important … Read More