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A Roster of the Lewis & Clark Expedition

The Captains of the expedition, and particularly Clark, were unconcerned about spelling the names of their men correctly, and, others tried to join in the notoriety, thus a true roster can never be learned.

LEWIS, Capt. Meriwether: B 18 Aug 1774 near Charlottsville, VA; parents Wm & Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis. D 11 oct 1809; Welsh ancestry.

CLARK, 2nd Lt. William: B 1 aug 1770 near Charlottsville, VA; m lst Julia HANDCOCK, 4 sons, 1 dau. M 2nd Harriet KENNERLY, 2 sons. D 1 Sep 1838. Scottish Ancestry.

BRATREN See BRATTON

BRATTON, Pvt. William: B 1778 Augusta Co, VA of Irish parents; a blacksmith & gunsmith; m in 1819; 8 sons & 2 daus. D 1841 in Waynestown, IN.

CANE See CARSON

CANN See CARSON

CARR See CARSON

CARRN See CARSON

CARSON, Pvt. Alexander: B ca 1775 poss. MS; son of Alexander & bro. of L@y, father
of 'Kit' CARSON: Grandparents were Wm & Eleanor (MCDUFF, MCDORF) Carson -in PA 1725 & NC 1760; d 1836.

CAUGEE, Pvt. Charles: Listed by Clark as one of the engagees.

COALTER See COLTER

COLLINS, Pvt. John: From Frederick Co, MD; served as cook. D by 1825-28.

COLTER, Pvt. John: B ca 1775 VA; farmed with Indian wife 'Sallie" 1811 to 1813.

CROUZATT See CRUZATTE

CRUSAT See CRUZATTE

CRUSATTEE See CRUZATTE

CRUZATTE, Pvt. Pierre: 1/2 French 1/2 Omaha Indian; good boatman, waterman & vio@; interpreter for Clark. Killed 1825-28.

DAME, Pvt. John: B 1784 Pallingham, NH; mentioned in journals, he killed a pelican enroute to Mandans.

DECHANTS, Pvt. Baptiste: Was a 'patron' or head-water-inan.

DESCHAWS See DECHA@

DROUILLARD, Pvt. George: B Canada, 1/2 French & 1/2 Shawnee. Son of Pierre Drouillard of Detroit. Interpreter for the expedition. Killed in 1810 by the Blackfeet.

FIELDS, Pvt. Joseph: Poss. b KY; woodsman; received military land grant, Franklin, Mo.

FIELDS, Pvt. Ruben: Bro. to Joseph; excellent runner & woodsman. D in KY.

FLOYD, Sgt. Charles: B 1772 KY, son of Chas. Floyd, Sr. D 20 Aug 1804 near Omaha, NB (Only death to occur on the expedition.)

FRASURE See FRAZIER


FRAZIER, Pvt. Robert: Former fencing master, in Bratleborough, VT in 1834.
&FRAZURE See FRAZIER

GASS, Sgt. Patrick: B 12 Jun 1771, Falling Springs, PA m (age 60) to 'dau of a judge; had 7 children. D 1 Apr 1870--99 years of age. Last survivor of the expedition.

GOODRICH, Pvt. Silas B in MA; fisherman for the expedition. D by 1825.

GURRIDGE See GOODRICH

GUTTERAGE See GOODRICH

HALL, Pvt. Hugh B ca 1772 Carlisle, PA.

HEBERT, Pvt. Charles: Poss. son of Joseph HEBERT, a trader on the Mssouri River.

HOWARD, Pvt. Thomas Proctor: B 1779 Brimfield, MA; m Genevive ROY, had son in St. Louis.

LA BARTER See LA BARTEE

LA BARTEE, Pvt. Joseph: Deserted the expedition. Poss. lived at Fort Gage, Canada among the Otoes.

LA BIRCHE, Pvt. Francois (or William): 1/2 French 1/2 Omaha; interpreter & boatman; lived St. Louis area in 1825-28.

LA LEEBERTE See LA BARTEE

LABIECHE See LA BIRCFM

LABUCHE See LA BIRCHE

LAGUNESS See LAJUNESSE

LAJUNESSE, Pvt. Jean Baptist: Of St. Rose, Quebec, m in St. Louis 1797; only man in party to be married. Son Basil, accompanied Fremont on lst/2nd expeditions in 1842-43.

MABBAUF See MALBOEUF

MALBOEUF, Pvt. Etianna: Enlisted from Kaskasia.

MCNEAL, Pvt. Hugh B in PA; in infantry 1811.

NEEL See MCNEAL

NEIL See MCNEAL

NEWMAN, Pvt. John B PA son of Walter N. & Catherine (ZIMMERMAN); m Jul 1832
Olympia DUBREUIL dau. of Antoine & Eliz. (PARAN). Killed by Sioux in 1838.

O'NALL See MCNEAL

ORDWAY, Sgt. John: B ca 1775, Dunbarton, NH. D childless in MO ca 1817.

POTTS, Pvt. John B ca 1776 Dillenburg, Germany. Killed by Blackfeet in 1810.

PRIMAUT See PRINEAU

PRIMEAU, Pvt. Paul: M Pelagie BISSONET, sons Joseph, Emilien & Charles; Joseph killed by Indians 1 Feb 1863; Charles had trading post at Ft. Clark 1845-46.

PRYOR, Sgt. Nathaniel: B An-thurst Co, VA; lvd. in OK, m an Osage girl. D 10 June 1831.

READ See REED

REED,. Pvt. Moses B. Poss. alias for John BOLEYE who deserted but was returned in 1805.

REEVEY See RIVET

REVEY See RIVET

RIVEE See RIVET

RIVES See RIVET

RIVET, Pvt. Francois: B near Montreal in 1757; interpreter; later was with Hudson's Bay Company. D in OR 15 Sep 1852, age 96.

ROBERTSON, Pvt. John: B ca 1780; a shoemaker; dismissed 1 month after party began.

ROBINSON See ROBERTSON

ROI, Pvt. Peter: French-Canadian; was on Platt River by 1814.

ROY See ROI

SHANNON, Pvt. George: B 1785 PA; Protestant-Irish. Often got lost but found way back to the expedition.

SHIELDS, Pvt. John: B in KY; gunsmith, blacksmith & boat builder for party. Poss. m Rhoda BOWMAN in 1808.

THOMPSON, John B.: Once surveyor of Vincennes, IN; cooked for the expedition.

TUTTLE, Pvt. Ebenezer: B 1774 New Haven, CT.

WARBINGTON See WARFINGTON

WARFINGTON, Corp. Richard: B 1777 Louisberg, NC; in charge of return detachment in 1805.

WARVINGTON See WARFINGTON

WEISER See WISER

WERNER, Pvt. William: Poss. b KY; Indian Agent for Clark; in VA 1828.

WHITE, Pvt. Isaac: B 1777 Holliston, MA

WHITEHOUSE, Pvt. Joseph: B in Fairfax Co, VA; a good tailor.

WILLARD, Pvt. Alexander: B 1777 Charlestown, NH; gunsmith & blacksmith; m Eleanor MACDONALD, 7 sons & 5 daus. Emigrated to CA by covered wagon. D 6 Mar 1865 near Sacramento, CA.

WINDSOR, Pvt. Richard: B & enlisted from KY, lvd. on Sagamon River, IL in 1829.

WINSER See WINDSOR

WINSOR See WINDSOR

WISER, Pvt. Peter: Poss. desc. of Conrad WISER; killed before 1829.

WORTHING'FON See WARFINGTON

YORK: Willed to Clark by his father, 24 Jul 1799; son of 'Old York' & 'Rosa', slaves.