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Not to worry. Meriwether has a whole panoply of exciting ways to kill you.

Most surprising to me is how different the cultures were of each of the Native American tribes they met. Creating the NPCs in each level was incredibly time consuming but very fun because of this. We've put a lot of research (and continue to put in more) into the details each different culture.

The same role as she had on the actual expedition--she is an interpreter. Or as Clark wrote, "interpretess." It's a misconception that she served as guide, although she was very important to the expedition in other ways. She and her baby, Pomp, served to show people they met that the expedition was not a war party. And she is great at identifying and gathering edible wild foods (very useful when there is no big game in the area.)

You can hunt, trap, and eat beavers in the game. Also, as part of our "research" we cooked and ate a beaver tail at my apartment. It tasted like fried pork rinds--pure fat. It was interesting but I probably won't eat it again. I posted about it, including pics, on our dev blog, here: http://meriwethergame.com/?p=127

Edit: "fried" pork rinds, not "friend". But those are good too.

I used to have to pay $6 for parking at the train station. Often I only had a 20 on me, and it would give me back 14 Sacagawea coins in change which I would be forced to carry around all day. So yes.