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Bones of the Buffaloe
On August 2, 1805, the party was well into the valley of the Jefferson River, south of the Three Forks of the Missouri. With mounting anticipation, they were approaching the long-sought Continental Divide, but Lewis expressed his disappointment in one certainty:
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Indeed, there were to be no more buffalo feasts until their return to the east side of the Rockies, 16 months later.
--Joseph Mussulman
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