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The Battle of St. Louis
On may 21st 1804 the expedition set forth from a small village on the mazuri just outside st Louis. The men had to race from side to side to shift the boats weight and help it turn. They also hunted and fished to enliven the meal times and conserve their rations. By mid-June most of the men had boils erupting on their skin Several had dysentery swarms of biting mosquitoes and gnats compounded their sickness. On June 26th covered in sores, boils, bites and grease the expedition reached the Kansas River. It had taken 37 days to get there So far they had only made it 340 miles upriver and they still had a
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