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The Bottom Line 
n etching with watercolor by James Akin, published in Newburyport, Massachusetts about 1804, reflecting public indignation over the purchase of Louisiana. The caption reads "The PRAIRIE DOG [representing President Jefferson] sickened at the sting of the HORNET--or a Diplomatic Puppet exhibiting his Deceptions!" Napoleon is the hornet at Jefferson's tail, making him cough up "Two Millions!" At right, James Monroe holds a map of "West Florida" in his proper right hand and a map of "East Florida" in his left. From his hip pocket protrudes his instructions from Talleyrand. The dialog balloon at his lips reads "A gull [deception] for the people."
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© 2009 by The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, Washburn, North Dakota.
Journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton
13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001)
© 2009 by The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, Washburn, North Dakota.
Journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton
13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001)