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What territory was covered on the first leg of the expedition that began in May 1804?

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The men were gathered and in the winter of 1803-4 were trained in Illinois across the Mississippi from St. Louis, the starting point. In May, 1804, they set out up the Missouri, and the next winter was spent at the Mandan villages (near present Bismarck, N.Dak.).

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