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Corps was now even more dependent on local Native Americans for knowledge
about the lay of the land. They would rely on Native guides to navigate
the Bitterroot Range through Idaho and Montana. They would be following
rivers wherever possible, but they would also have to leave those
life lines and scramble up mountain passes. Therefore; it was vitally
important for Lewis to make contact with local tribes. At this point
he had seen only one lone Indian from a distance. This slight encounter
occurred the day before he made the pass. Left, looking southwest
at "immense ranges from the Lemhi Pass. |
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