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They had bought the West land
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They had found the Native American and she had helped Lewis and Clark
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The Corps of Discovery departed from Camp Dubois at 4 pm on May 14, 1804
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Each man consumed 9 pounds of meat per day when available.
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They had found almost 200 animals.
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First election west of Mississippi. All men including York, a slave, elect Patrick Gass as new sergeant.
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(Day 99) Sgt. Floyd dies at age of 22. He was only member to die during expedition. Cause of death guessed as ruptured appendix.
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Expedition took 863 days, 7,689 miles the distance traveled by the expedition, through unmapped, unsettled wilderness.
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free vote on where to build winter fort. Unheard of in its day to vote on such matters.
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Lewis buys teepee from Sioux. Sacagawea takes down and puts up daily. Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, pomp, Drouillard and Charbonneau sleep in nightly
