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St. Louis, Missouri - The Journey Begins
The Lewis and Clark expedition started on May 16, 1804 It wthe Corps of Discovery" They used boats to go upstream on the Missouri River from St. Louis on May 16, William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, and almost a couple dozen other men met up with as they traveled, Clark spent most of his time on the keelboat, charting the course and making the dairy. -
Illness
SourceThe Corps of Discovery was becoming a “walking hospital” plagued with exhaustion, dysentery, skin diseases, constipation, malaria, fevers, boils, strained muscles, sore eyes, and venereal disease. -
Death
Sergeant Charles Floyd becomes the expedition’s first casualty from what was probably a burst appendix. -
Fort Mandan
The Corps of Discovery reaches the villages of the Mandans and Hidatsas. Some 4,500 people live there. The captains decide to build Fort Mandan across the river from the main village. -
Animals
Source They encountered antelopes, bighorn sheep, black tailed deer, mountain beaver, weasels, mountain goat, coyote, foxes and wolfes. This is between 1804 - 1806 -
Baby Is Born
SourceSacagawea gives birth to a baby boy, Jean Baptiste. Lewis assists in speeding the delivery by giving her a potion made by crushing the rings of a rattlesnake’s rattle into powder. -
Shoshone Tribe
SourceThe Shoshone Indians, also known as the Snake Nation, occupied areas both east and west of the Rocky Mountains. They were afraid of Lewis gun
They showed the expidition how to get over the mountains and streams, and they gave them horses. -
An experience that occurred in present day Idaho
SourceA winter campground for their famed 1805 expedition across the continent, northern Idaho is still a natural resting point for travelers. Facing bitter winter cold and dwindling supplies, the Lewis & Clark expedition was befriended and saved by the Nez Perce tribe, who were ultimately vital to the expedition’s success. Markers point out the exact path the team took across the state, and the adventurous can still follow in their footsteps. -
Natives Help The Expidition
SourceThe Shoshone Indians, also known as the Snake Nation, occupied areas both east and west of the Rocky Mountains. They were afraid of Lewis gun
They showed the expidition how to get over the mountains and streams, and they gave them horses. -
Fort Clatsop
SourceAn entire continent between them and home, the expedition celebrates Christmas in its new quarters, Fort Clatsop, named for a neighboring Indian tribe. The captains hand out handkerchiefs and the last of the expedition’s tobacco supply as presents. -
Sioux Tribe
Sourcethe first council with the leaders of the Teton tribe, the expedition went through its practiced ritual for meeting Indians, parading in uniform and demonstrating an air gun. The display did little to impress the Tetons, who saw the Americans as competitors for control of trade in the region. Tensions increased between the two sides, nearly resulting in an armed conflict. A number of confrontations between the Tetons and the expedition brought the Americans visit to an end. -
Death Of Native Americans
To the Blackfeet, American plans represented a direct threat. As far as the Indians were concerned, giving guns to their adversaries only could result in a weakening of Blackfeet power. That night, the Blackfeet attempted to steal the expedition’s guns. Their plans went awry, and in the chaos that ensued, Lewis and Reuben Field each killed a Blackfeet warrior. The incident marked the first act of bloodshed between the western Indians and representatives of the United States. The surviving Black -
Trade
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Trees and Plants
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Weather Influence