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Temuut'su Was Five Years Old

Temuut’su (later known as Chief Timothy) lived in the village of Alpowai when Lewis and Clark passed through. Can you imagine how curious a five year old child might have been about these explorers from east of the mountains?

Source: The Washington Experience of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Otak, Inc, 2001.

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