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A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Ecco
June 2009
On Sale: May 26, 2009
128 pages
ISBN: 0061661295
EAN: 9780061661297
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Fiction Poetry
From the opening of SHANNON, an epic poem examining one man-
s experience of the Lewis and Clarke expedition: It is a
fine & open country in every aspect hereabouts. The very
prairie, grasslands, thickets Or brakes along the several
streams with elk & deer largely therein. Of those legendary
buffalo first sighted& shot by J. Fields this week, alas
None discovered by me as yet this day or last Whilst
tracking runaway horses.Those two did flee as if unwilling
ever to be caught But I came upon them at evening yesterday
Drinking water in a sandy draw Well-trampled by hoof-marks
dark as bruises Sure evidence of buffalo in great plenty.In
the event the fugitives appeared Not unhappy at sight of
me. Found their hobble ropes trailing Which I did retie
forcefully Pleased as I am by this outcome.It was my hope
to recover these horses & so demonstrate my worth In such
regard to the Capts. generally-I do not misdoubt them, only
certain statements Overheard among the company concerning
My youth & stature as a hunter, which I deem false. Last
time I did kill an elk buck yet R. Fields Brought in five
deer to top it. So it was I importuned the Capts. to set me
this errand Those Fields Brothers having done so
Previously, nor did I aim to disappoint them.Why should
youth count against a man In this Missouri country?
Eighteen & years in the backwoods I am a better hunter than
most back home & this a newer land Nor Capt. Lewis nor
Clark Hoary grey beards Yet Pres. Jefferson saw fit to
appoint them Command of this Expedition. Well It is done &
the horses recovered at any rate By myself alone.
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