Cover -- Copyright -- Preface: Second Edition -- Table of Contents -- Background and Timeline -- The New Evidence -- Six Points of Disagreement -- The Russell Statement as a Cover-Up -- Footnotes -- Competing Conspiracies -- The Wilkinson-Smith T. Conspiracy -- General James Wilkinson, Patriotic Sociopath -- John Smith T. and the Lead Mine District -- How the Conspiracy to Assassinate Meriwether Lewis Was Carried Out -- Route of the Unnamed Conspirator -- Lewis's Last Days -- Wilkinson's and Smith T.'s Motives -- The Trading Expedition to Sante Fe -- The Guttiérez-Magee Expedition -- The Burr-Mexican Association Conspiracy -- The Northern Confederacy Conspiracy -- Aaron Burr Goes Abroad -- The Previously Ignored Conspiracy of 1809 -- The Authorities React -- Wilkinson Defends New Orleans -- Wilkinson's Involvement in the Assassination of Meriwether Lewis -- Footnotes -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface & Acknowledgements -- Part One: Coroner's Inquest -- Introduction by James E. Starrs -- Coroner's Inquest: Death of Meriwether Lewis -- Testimony of James E. Starrs -- Testimony of Arlen J. Large -- Testimony of John D. W. Guice -- Testimony of Ruth Frick -- Testimony of George Stephens -- Testimony of Thomas Streed -- Testimony of Jerry Thomas Francisco, M. D -- Testimony of Lucien Haag (1) -- Testimony of Gerald B. ( Jerry) Richards -- Testimony of Lucien Haag (2) -- Testimony of Martin Fackler -- Testimony of Duayne Dillon D. Crim -- Testimony of Reimert T. Ravenholt -- Testimony of William M. Bass III, M. D. -- Conclusion -- Part Two: The Evidence: Documents & Photos -- Introduction by Kira Gale -- (1) Lewis to President James Madison -- (2) Lewis to Amos Stoddard -- (3) James House to Frederick Bates -- (4) James Neelly to Thomas Jefferson -- (5) Memorandum of Lewis's Personal Effects -- (6) Issac A. Coles Receipt of Personal Effects.

(7) William Clark to Jonathan Clark -- (8) William Clark to Jonathan Clark -- (9) William Clark to Jonathan Clark -- (10) Gilbert C. Russell to Thomas Jefferson -- (11) Lewis Memorandum for Gilbert Russell -- (12) Gilbert C. Russell to Thomas Jefferson -- (13) On the Death of John Pernier -- (14) Alexander Wilson's Account of Lewis's Death -- (15) Gilbert Russell Statement -- (16) Excerpts from Jefferson's Biography of Lewis -- (17) On the Fate of Seaman, the Dog -- (18) 1845 Newspaper Account of Lewis's Death -- (19) 1850 Monument Committee Report -- (20) Excerpts from Request for National Monument -- Photos and Images -- Part Three: The Case for Murder -- Introduction by Kira Gale -- Returning Home in the Summer of 1806 -- The Burr-Wilkinson Conspiracy -- Back East-1807 -- St. Louis-1808-09 -- The Last Days -- Motives for Assassination -- Notes.