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| Nebraska (Douglas County), Omaha — Fort Lisa | | | Built near this site in 1807 by Manuel Lisa, trader and indian commissioner, through whose influence the Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe and Sioux tribes remained loyal to the United States during the War of 1812. — Map (db m7892) | | Nebraska (Douglas County), Omaha — John Pierrre Cabanne's | | | John Pierre Cabanne's pioneer fur-trading post was 385 feet southeast of this spot. — Map (db m7893) | | Nebraska (Douglas County), Omaha — 340 — Lewis and Clark Campsite — July 27, 1804 | | | At the camp established very near here Captain Clark wrote about the "butifull Breeze from the N W. this evening which would have been verry agreeable, had the Misquiters been tolerably Pacifick, but thy were rageing all night." Clark may have exaggerated when he noted that the mosquitoes were as big as house flies. They would continue to plague the explorers until winter. That evening Clark and Ruben Fields "walked on Shore with a View of examoning Som mounds." Although the mounds were . . . — Map (db m7886) |
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