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Will Clark was the 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Meriwether Lewis in the "Corps of Discovery Expedition" or "The Lewis and Clark Expedition", a group of Army Volunteers in America around the early 19th century determined cross the continent and reach the Pacific Coast from the East Coast before European powers, under President Thomas Jefferson's commission.
One of the explorers, York, enslaved by the Clark family was part of the expedition, he was very skilled in manual labor, at the end of the expedition he obtained his freedom, Will Clark didn't seek Coleman in the tavern due he had to deliver some horses for the continental army and he didn't have York with him anymore.
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