As Lewis and Clark got closer to the Mississippi River they began to learn from fur traders what had happened during their twenty-seven month absence. The President had been reelected. Hamilton was dead after losing a duel to Aaron Burr. A British warship had fired on an American merchant ship in April. On September 23,1806, they had arrived at St. Louis, where today a touring boat is docked. Clark reported that We Suffered the party to fire off their pieces as a Salute to the Town. We were met by all the village and received a harty welcom from its inhabitants &. Lewis scrambled from the canoe and Inquired about the post. He took a room at the home of Pierre Chouteau and began to write the president.
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