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OTHER CORPS DEATHS

Here is what is known about other Corps of Discovery members:

John Collins (died 1823): Believed killed by Arikaras along the Missouri River (in present-day South Dakota).

• Thought to have been killed along the Missouri sometime after 1823,

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