Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were almost a year into what would become the most famous boat and hiking trip in U.S. history, and Sergeant Charles Floyd was very sick. Floyd, a 20-something from the state of Kentucky, had the distinction of being related to William Clark and serving as the expedition’s quatermaster (the man in charge [...]
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