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Better summary information?

There's some basic summary information that I had trouble finding in this article: how many members did the expedition have, and what were there names? How many died on the trip? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylan Thurston (talk • contribs) 11:08, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Aftermath: Stephen Ambrose sentence

The Aftermath section has a full sentence apparently taken directly from “Reporting to the President, September 23-December 31, 1806” by Stephen Ambrose without attribution:

In the course of their journey, they acquired a knowledge of numerous tribes of Native Americans hitherto unknown; they informed themselves of the trade which may be carried on with them, the best channels and positions for it, and they are enabled to give with accuracy the geography of the line they pursued. 2600:6C4A:413F:97A0:217F:C530:692D:BA0A (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you use the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_(explorer) 2601:646:8400:C150:C8CF:AF5C:BF9B:EC4D (talk) 03:01, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Link already present in article Tollens (talk) 03:12, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

York was freed by Clark. Why isn't this mentioned?

Ambrose who was and probally still is the most reliable source stated york was freed by clark after clarks refusals many times. Seems the article is more bias to fit a political narrative instead of giving true context. All the bad parts of how clark treated him are clearly laid out with nobody putting that into question. But any mention of clark doing something good for york is met with heavy scrutiny. And why is york given his own sub page? He should have his own sub page on the "corps of discovery" wiki page. 2603:9001:56F0:F80:C1CB:99F6:CD71:26F9 (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]