In favor of preceding on without delay to the opposite shore and there examine, and find out both the disposition of the Indians, and probability of procuring subsistence, and also inquire if the trading vessels will arrive before the time we should depart in the spring. The climate would be more favorable on the sea coast for our naked men than higher up the country where the climate would be more severe. The advantage of the arrival of a vessel from whom we can procure goods will be more than an over balance, for the bad living we shall have in living on poor deer and elk we may get in the neighborhood. Who most likely wrote the passage, and what "shore" and "sea coast" in being mentioned?

1. Francis Scott Key wrote it, and he is talking about Chesapeake Bay near the Atlantic Ocean.

2. Zebulon Pike wrote it, and he is talking about the Pacific Ocean.

3. William Clark wrote it, and he is talking about the Pacific Ocean.

4. Andrew Jackson wrote it, and he is talking about the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans.​