The Expedition of William Dunbar and George Hunter along the Ouachita River, 1804-1805 From: Arkansas Historical Quarterly | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Berry, Trey | Copyright Arkansas Historical Association, Department of History, University of Arkansas Winter 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ON MARCH 13, 1804, PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON penned a letter to William Dunbar of Natchez, Mississippi, a man who shared his passion for science, his convictions about the superiority of agricultural life, and his intellectual curiosity. Jefferson wrote:

Congress will probably authorize me to explore the greater waters on the Western side of Mississippi and Missouri, to their sources in case I should propose to send . . . another party up the Arcansa to its source, thence that to its ...

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