never met. Seated and standing around the table are Napoleon and Marbois, on behalf of the French government, while our country is represented by Jefferson, Livingston and Monroe. On the table is a globe, and the map of the territory involved.
The celebration in its honor will begin May 1st of this present year, at St. Louis, Missouri.
In the senate chamber is a painting over the president's desk of "Lewis' First Glimpse of the Rockies." It shows Lewis on a rocky point with his telescope, catching a view of the distant Rocky mountains, with his comrades in the background.
In honor of this expedition will be the "Lewis and Clarke Exposition," next year at Portland, Oregon.
My sojourn in Helena coming to a close, I will now leave you for the pres-
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