Lewis and Clark are sent to survey the newly acquired territory of Louisiana in this film starring Fred MacMurray as Lewis, Charlton Heston as Clark and Donna Reed as Native American guide Sacagawea. Aside from the obvious miscasting (a common occurrence in movie depictions of Native Americans), there is one glaring flaw, one that can be chalked up to nothing more than standard Hollywood convention: Sacagawea and Clark have the hots for each other. This love affair was never mentioned in any historical accounts of this expedition, making the attraction between the two seem completely implausible, especially since French-Canadian trader Toussaint Charbonneau, Sacagawea’s husband, was also on the trip.
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