This is Merriwether Lewis reporting, accounting for day #2 of our great journey. Thomas Jefferson has entrusted us to explore his recent acquisition, the Louisiana Purchase. So I have assembled a trusty crew and we are in the process of acquiring supplies in the port of St. Louis. The original supply list weapons included 200 pounds of rifle powder, 400 pounds of lead bullets, and 25 axes. Trade supplies included 144 pairs of sissors, 288 brass thimbles, 10 pounds of thread, 288 knives, and lots of beads (blue ones were particularly valued). I have sent my crew to the Archway to the West, to scout out our way westward...
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