Suicide or Murder?: The Strange Death of Governor Meriwether Lewis Book

	What Happened at Grinder's Stand?	17
I	Governor Meriwether Lewis	22
II	His Problems as Governor	35
III	Meriwether Lewis and Frederick Bates	48
IV	Lewis's Financial Problems, 1809	61
V	His Mental and Emotional Condition	69
VI	From St. Louis to the Wilderness	77
VII	Across the Wilderness to Grinder's	89
VIII	The Grinders and Their Stand	118
IX	James Neelly: Chief Witness	127
X	Captain Brahan Writes Three Letters	139
XI	A Distinguished Scientist Reports	146
XII	Mrs. Grinder's Third Version	154
XIII	Malinda's Story	160
XIV	As Thomas Jefferson Told It	171
XV	As the Newspapers Told It	183
XVI	As the Old Timers Told It	188
XVII	The Family Tradition	196
XVIII	Was There a Coroner's Jury?	203
XIX	James D. Park: It Was Murder	210
XX	Vernon S. Pease: It Was Murder	217
XXI	William J. Webster: It Was Murder	223
XXII	Dawson A. Phelps: It Was Suicide	229
XXIII	Suicide or Murder?	241
	Appendix A. Opinions Pro and Con	250
	Appendix B. The Lewis Myth	258
	Appendix C. A Neglected American	269
	Acknowledgments and Notes	276
	Index	286