The Conquest is a highly detailed account of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery Expedition that is told with the narrative pacing and ingenious plotting of a top-notch historical novel. In addition to its notable comprehensiveness, it was the first account of the expedition to highlight the important role of young Shoshone guide Sacagawea.

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- THE CONQUEST
- Contents
- Preface
- Note of Acknowledgment
- BOOK I - WHEN RED MEN RULED
- I - A Child is Born
- II - The Clark Home
- III - Exit Dunmore
- IV - The Wilderness Road
- V - A Barrel of Gunpowder
- VI - The Feudal Age
- VII - Kaskaskia
- VIII - The Spanish Donna
- IX - Vincennes
- X - The City of the Strait
- XI - A Prisoner of War
- XII - Two Wars at Once
- XIII - The Key of the Country
- XIV - Behind the Curtain
- XV - The Attack on St. Louis
- XVI - Old Chillicothe
- XVII - "Detroit Must Be Taken"
- XVIII - On the Ramparts
- XIX - Exit Cornwallis
- XX - The Old Virginia Home
- XXI - Down the Ohio
- XXII - Mulberry Hill
- XXIII - Mississippi Troubles
- XXIV - St. Clair
- XXV - The Sword of "Mad Anthony" Wayne
- XXVI - The Spaniard
- XXVII - The Brothers
- XXVIII - The Maid of Fincastle
- XXIX - The President's Secretary
- XXX - The President Talks with Meriwether
- BOOK II - INTO THE WEST
- I - The Louisiana Purchase
- II - The Knight of the White House
- III - Recruiting for Oregon
- IV - The Feud is Ended
- V - The Cession of St. Louis
- VI - Sergeant Ordway Writes a Letter
- VII - Into the Land of Anarchy
- VIII - "The Sioux! The Sioux!"
- IX - The Romance of the Mandans
- X - The First Dakota Christmas
- XI - The British Fur Traders
- XII - Farewell to Fort Mandan
- XIII - Toward the Sunset
- XIV - The Shining Mountains
- XV - A Woman Pilot
- XVI - Idaho
- XVII - Down the Columbia
- XVIII - Fort Clatsop by the Sea
- XIX - A Whale Ashore
- XX - A Race for Empire
- XXI - "A Ship! A Ship!"
- XXII - Back to Civilisation
- XXIII - Camp Chopunnish
- XXIV - Over the Bitter Root Range
- XXV - Beware the Blackfeet!
- XXVI - Down the Yellowstone
- XXVII - The Home Stretch
- XXVIII - The Old Stone Forts of St. Louis
- XXIX - To Washington
- XXX - The Plaudits of a Nation
- BOOK III - THE RED HEAD CHIEF
- I - The Shadow of Napoleon
- II - American Rule in St. Louis
- III - Farewell to Fincastle
- IV - The Boat Horn
- V - A Bride in St. Louis
- VI - The First Fort in Montana
- VII - A Mystery
- VIII - A Lonely Grave in Tennessee
- IX - Trade Follows the Flag
- X - Tecumseh
- XI - Clark Guards the Frontier
- XII - The Story of a Sword
- XIII - Portage des Sioux
- XIV - "For Our Children, Our Children!"
- XV - Too Good to the Indians
- XVI - The Red Head Chief
- XVII - The Great Council at Prairie du Chien
- XVIII - The Lords of the Rivers
- XIX - Four Indian Ambassadors
- XX - Black Hawk
- XXI - A Great Life Ends
- XXII - The New West