g{t.} Charles Floyd Serg{t.} Nathaniel Pryor
_Privates_ _Privates_
Hugh McNeal George Gibson
Patric Gass George Shannon
Reuben Fields John Shields
John B. Thompson John Collins
John Newman Joseph Whitehouse
Francis Rivet and Peter Wiser
(French) Peter Crusat and
Joseph Fields Francis Labuche
Serg{t.} John Ordway Patroon, Baptist
_Privates_ Deschamps
William Bratton _Engages_
John Collen Etienne Mabbauf
Moses B. Reed (Soldier) Paul Primant
Alexander Willard Charles Hebert
William Warner Baptist La Jeunesse
Silas Goodrich Peter Pinant
John Potts and Peter Roi and
Hugh Hall Joseph Collin
Corp{l.} Richard
Warvington
_Privates_
Robert Frazier
John Boleye
John Dame
Ebinezer Tuttle and
Isaac White
"'The Commanding Officers further direct that the messes of
Serg{ts.} Floyd, Ordway, and Pryor shall untill further orders
form the crew of the Batteaux; the Mess of the Patroon La Jeunesse
will form the permanent crew of the red Peroque; Corp{l.}
Warvington's men forming that of the white Peroque.'
"There it all is, just as Captain Lewis wrote it, capitals and all. How
many would it be, Rob--not forgetting the two captains and the negro
York, Clark's body servant, who is not mentioned in the list?"
"I make it forty-one names here in the messes," answered Rob, after
counting, "or forty-four with the others added. That does not include
Chaboneau or the Indian girl, Sacagawea, whom they took on at Mandan."
"No, that's another list. It usually is said there were forty-five in
the party at St. Louis. You see the name 'Francis Rivet and (French).'
That would make forty-five if French were a man French and
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