Meriwether Lewis: November 11, 1803
11th November— Arived at Massac engaged George Drewyer in the public service as an Indian Interpretter, contracted to pay him 25 Dollars pr month for his services. Mr Swan Assistant Millitary agent at that place advanced him thirty dollars on account of his pay.
Source: Lewis’s 1803 journal, printed in Quaife, The Journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway (Wisconsin Historical Society, 1916). Public domain.
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