List of Supplies and Indian Presents for the Corps of Discovery The list of supplies and Indian presents was made around June 1803. The following list contains a small portion of the supplies and presents that accompanied Lewis and Clark in their expedition. The entire list can be viewed by selecting the pages below.
1 Hadley's Quadrant 1 Cheap portable Microscope 2 Artificial Horizons 1 Pair large brass money scales with two setts of weights the one of Troy the other of Averds. 15 Rifles 24 large knives 400 lbs. Lead 15 3 pt. Blankets 15 Watch Coats with Hoods & belts 30 Shirts of Strong linnen 6 Copper kettles (1 of 5 Gallons, 1 of 3, 2 of 2, & 2 of 1) 25 falling Axes. 1 Iron Mill for Grinding Corn 20 yds. Oil linnen for wrapping & securing Articles 4 Tin blowing Trumpets 24 Pint Tin Cups (without handles) 30 Steels for striking or making fire 12 oz. Opium 8 oz Powdered Rhubarb 1 lb. Blistering Ointments 150 Ibs. Portable Soup. 6 Kegs of 5 Gallons each making 30 Gallons of rectified, spirits such as is used for the Indian trade 1 Kneeled Boat light strong at lease 60 feet in length her burthen equal to 8 Tons 1 Large Wooden Canoe 30 Sheep skins taken off the Animal as perfectly whole as possible, without being split on the belly as usual and dress'd only with lime to free them from the wool; or otherwise about the same quantity of Oil Cloth bags well painted Indian Presents 5 Ibs. White Glass Beads mostly small 144 Small cheap looking Glasses 288 Steels for striking fire 288 Common brass thimbles-part W. office 10 Ibs. Sewing Thread assorted 24 Hanks Sewing Silk 50 Ibs. Spun Tobacco 15 Sheets of Copper Cut into strips of an inch in width & a foot long 100 Block-tin rings cheap kind ornamented with Colour'd Glass or Mock-Stone 24 Blankets. 36 Ear Trinkets Do. part do.	View the original document: page 1 7 2 8 3 9 4 10 5 11 6 12 (from the National Archives)