The Way to the Western Sea Lewis and Clark across the Continent Appendix 2

David Lavender© 2001University of Nebraska PressLincoln and London

APPENDIX II. The Permanent Party

In Command
  • Captain Meriwether Lewis, First U.S. Infantry
  • Second Lieutenant (his official rank) William Clark, U.S. Corps of Artillerists
Sergeants
  • John Ordway
  • Nathaniel Pryor
  • Charles Floyd (died August 20, 1804)
  • Patrick Gass (replaced Floyd August 26, 1804)
Privates
  • William Bratton
  • John Collins
  • John Colter
  • Pierre Cruzatte
  • Joseph Field
  • Reuben Field
  • Robert Frazer (enlisted October 8, 1804, at the Arikara villages)
  • George Gibson
  • Silas Goodrich
  • Hugh Hall
  • Thomas P. Howard
  • Francois Labiche
  • Baptiste Lepage (enlisted November 2, 1804, at the Mandan villages)
  • Hugh McNeal
  • John Newman (discharged at the Mandan villages)
  • John Potts
  • Moses B. Reed (deserted, captured, and discharged)
  • George Shannon
  • John Shields
  • John B. Thompson
  • William Werner
  • Joseph Whitehouse
  • Alexander H. Willard
  • Richard Windsor
  • Peter M. Wiser
Interpreters
  • George Drouillard (generally spelled Drewyer in the journals)
  • Toussaint Charbonneau
Supernumeraries
  • York, Clark's slave
  • Sacagawea, Charbonneau's wife
  • Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (Pomp), their child
  • Seaman, a dog