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to New Orleans and thus by water to Washington, D.C.
Instead, he disembarked in Tennessee while traveling
down the Mississippi and started overland. On the
‡˜‡‹‰ ‘ˆ –‘„‡” ͙͘ǡ ͙͘͠͡ǡ ‡™‹• •–‘’’‡† ƒ– ƒ ‹ ‘
–Š‡ ƒ– Š‡œ ”ƒ ‡ •‘—–Š ‘ˆ ƒ•Š˜‹ŽŽ‡Ǥ Šƒ– ‹‰Š– ‰—Ƥ ”‡
was heard from his cabin, and servants found him
severely wounded in the chest and head. He died the
‡š– ‘”‹‰Ǥ ”‰—‡– •–‹ŽŽ ‡š‹•–• ƒ• –‘ ™Š‡–Š‡” ‡™‹•
was murdered or committed suicide. One way or the
‘–Š‡”ǡ ƒ’’ƒ”‡–Ž›ǡ ‡˜‡”›–Š‹‰ –Šƒ– ‡™‹• ™ƒ• ƒ””›‹‰
with him was not disturbed.

History records the great accomplishments of the
‡™‹• ƒ† Žƒ” š’‡†‹–‹‘ ƒ† ™‘—Ž† ”ƒ–‡ ‹– ƒ• „‡‹‰
one of the most outstanding overland explorations of
all time. The records, journals, and observations of both
‡™‹• ƒ† Žƒ” ’”‘˜‹†‡† ƒ ˜‹˜‹† ’‹ –—”‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ”‘—–‡
they traveled and would serve as a road map for later
immigrants to follow.

• ›‘— ‹‰Š– ‰—‡••ǡ „‘–Š ‡™‹• ƒ† Žƒ” ™‡”‡ ƒ•‘•Ǥ
‡™‹• ™ƒ• ”ƒ‹•‡† ‹ ‘‘” ‘ˆ ‹”–—‡ ‘†‰‡ ‹ ͙͟͟͡ ‹
Virginia. He also was a member of Royal Arch Masons
ƒ† Š‡Ž’‡† ‡•–ƒ„Ž‹•Š –Š‡ Ƥ”•– ƒ•‘‹ ‘†‰‡ ‹ – ‘—‹•Ǥ
‡ ™ƒ• ƒ ‡„‡” ‘ˆ – ‘—‹• ‘†‰‡ ͙͙͙Ǥ Žƒ” ™ƒ• ƒŽ•‘
ƒ ‡„‡” ‘ˆ –Š‡ – ‘—‹• ‘†‰‡ ͙͙͙ ƒ† ™ƒ• „—”‹‡† ™‹–Š
‹Ž‹–ƒ”› ƒ† ƒ•‘‹ Š‘‘”• ‹ ͙͛͠͠ ‹ – ‘—‹•Ǥ ‡™‹•
is buried at the site of his death on the Natchez Trace
southwest of Nashville.