CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings September 5, 2014
In the 14 burning of washington, d. C. Tonight, American History tour on westward expansion continues with a look at the lewis and clarke expedition from st. Louis to the pacific, and in covered wagons. Here is more now. We see them circling the wagons. Rarely if ever did that happen. There were very few deaths along the trail that had anything to do with thinly with indians. The indians actually helped the pioneers more than hurting them. But the dangers came in, first of all disease, which hit about 10 of the people west, and also things like drowning and accidental death by gunshot being ru...
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