Where did Lewis the explorer of the Louisiana Territory purchase Seaman his dog?
Lewis’ dog, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was of the Newfoundland breed. Historians differ on whether the dog was named “Seaman” or “Scannon”, depending on how you read Lewis’ writing. Lewis purchased him for some $20 from a riverboat captain before he left Washington D.C for Pittsburgh in 1803. The captain had won him and his mother playing cards.
