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he said that while traveling he talked to some traders who were doing business the Missouri water tribes and thought that "there might be a practicability of penetrating across the Continent of North America, to the Pacific Ocean by way of the Missouri River"
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On his travels he spoke to merchants who had been doing business in the Missouri water tribes and he claimed "there might be a chance of crossing the Pacific through the Missouri River in the Continent of North America
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