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Most of the time Lewis and Clark lived on the animals they hunted along the way which included deer, elk, rabbit, squirrel, bear, etc. They ate mostly elk meat (often it was kind of spoiled) plus occasional Wapato roots, dried berries, whale blubber and fish that they bought from the Native Americans. They also often drank river water, which wasn't very sanitary and suffered from boils because of it.

With them they brought:

150 lbs. Portable soup

3 Bushels of allum or rock salt

Spices assorted

6 Kegs of 5 gallons each making 30 gallons of rectified spirits

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