| LC control no. | n 85156112 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | York, approximately 1775-approximately 1815 |
| Variant(s) | York, ca. 1775-ca. 1815 Big Medicine, approximately 1775-approximately 1815 Black Indian, approximately 1775-approximately 1815 Gift from God, approximately 1775-approximately 1815 |
| Birth date | 1775~ |
| Death date | 1815~ |
| Found in | Betts, R.B. In search of York, c1985: t.p. (York; the slave who went to the Pacific with Lewis and Clark) jkt. (York; William Clark's body servant) p. 84, etc. (probably born between 1771 and 1775; probably freed between 1811 and 1815; probably died 1814-1819; by 1832 Clark heard that his former body servant was dead) The journey of York, 2019: ECIP t.p. (York) galley (York; born in the early 1770s into slavery; accompianied Lewis and Clark on their expedition. As of 1832, William Clark claimed that he had freed York, and that York had died of cholera. Another 1832 report stated that trappers had encountered a black man who was a Crow Indian leader, and that this man claimed to have traveled with Lewis and Clark. Called Big Medicine, Gift from God, and Black Indian by Native Americans.) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2018022924 |
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