human
My matches--my thermometers--my instruments--how did they perform?
gpt
Perfect, doctor, perfect! We have some of the matches yet. As to the thermometers, we broke the last one before we reached the sea.
human
You found the sea? _Mon Dieu!_
gpt
We found the Pacific. We found the Columbia, the Yellowstone--many new rivers. We have found a new continent--made a new geography. We passed the head of the Missouri. We found three great mountain ranges.
human
The beaver--did you find the beaver yonder?
gpt
Beaver? William Clark waved a hand.
human
How many I could not tell you! Thousands and millions--more beaver than ever were known in the world before. Millions of buffalo--elk in droves--bears such as you never saw--antelope, great horned sheep, otters, muskrat, mink--the greatest fur country in all the world. We could not tell you half!
gpt
Your men, will they be free to make return up the river with trading parties?
human
You could not possibly have better men,