Thursday, November 04, 2004

THE OLD SIGN PHILOSOPHER, THOUGHT OF THE DAY!
The bad news is time flies, the good news is you are the pilot!

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/04/1804

The final civilians are hired: a Frenchman named Tousaint Charbonneau, who has two Shoshone wives and lives with the Hidatas tribe. He is hired to go along and take one of his wives, whose Shoshone language the captains now realize will be needed to procure horses for crossing the Rocky Mountains.
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