In Commemoration of Old Toby the Shoshone Indian
Members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition - August and September 1805
In commemoration of
Old Toby
the Shoshone Indian
who guided the Lewis & Clark expedition from the Salmon to the Bitterroot Valley after he had shown Captain Clark that the Salmon River Canyon was impassable. Old Toby served this famous expedition without fee, fame or reward.
[Second Marker:]
Members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
August & September 1805
Two leaders were provided in case of accident to one.
Captain Meriwether Lewis, First Infantry, U.S.A.
(Private Secretary of President Thomas Jefferson)
William Clark, 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery, U.S.A.
Soldiers
Sergeant Patrick Gass • Sergeant John Ordway • Sergeant Nathaniel Pryor • William Bratton • John Collins • John Colter • Reuben Fields • Robert Frazier • George Gibson • Silas Goodrich • Hugh Hall • Thomas B. Howard • Baptiste LePage • Hugh McNeal • John Potts • George Shannon • John Shields • John E. Thompson • William Werner • Joseph Whitehouse • Alexander H. Williard • Richard Windsor • Peter Wiser
Civilians
George Drouillard (called "Drewyer") Chief Hunter • Pierre Cruzat, Head Boatman • Francis Labiche, Boatman • Toussaint Chaboneau, Interpreter • Sacajawea, his Shoshone Indian wife • Little Toussaint Chaboneau, their baby • Old Toby, The Shoshone Indian guide • York, Negro, (Captain Clark's servant)
Marker is at the intersection of Lewis and Clark Highway (U.S. 93 at milepost 326.5) and Salmon River Road (Route NF 030), on the right when traveling south on Lewis and Clark Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
