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On this day in 1804, a party of 15 staged for the expedition at William Dunbars plantation, the Forest, only to find a few days later that their plans would have to be postponed until the spring due to increasing hostility with the Osages. Yet rather than wait, President Jefferson suggested to Dunbar that the expedition be scaled back to a more modest foray up the Red and Ouachita Rivers as far as the Hot Springs—a prospect that had the double advantage of being ready to go in the fall and, not coincidentally, of better fitting the funds made available by Congress. [Source: American Philosophical Society – George Hunter Journals 1796 – 1809, bit.ly/1zNECQl; Pictured: Left, portrait of William Dunbar, ca. 1800. Right, illustration of George Hunter, courtesy of KnowLA: The Encyclopedia of Louisiana, knowla.org/]
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:00:00 +0000

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