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What did Lewis and Clark had?

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As the leaders of the Corps of Discovery, along with other members of the exploration team, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had purchased a large stock of supplies, including guns, ammunition, food, clothing, horses, candles, paper and pens for taking account of things and writing journals, navigational instruments (compasses, hand-held telescopes, or "looking scopes", binoculars, etc.), and large numbers of goods to use as gifts to barter (bribe and trade) with the Indians (Native Americans). To carry the Corps and its vast quanitity of cargo on the first leg of their journey, Lewis had a keelboat built. It was 55 feet long and could carry up to 12 tons of cargo. Even though the boat had a large sail, it was mainly propelled by oars (long paddles) and poles (to stick into the riverbanks and push the boat forward). The team also used canoes and paddle boats to navigate the upstream rivers and falls, if necessary should there be no passage to cross the falls.

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