Lewis and Clark

By cchristensen26

  • Expedition Starts

    Lewis and Clark set off to explore the Louisiana purchase

  • La Charette

    Lewis and Clark pass La Charette, which is the settlement of whites on the river

  • Independence River

    They celebrate the first 4th of July in the west. They name a river in present day Kansas, the Independence River

  • Casualty

    The expedition has it's first casualty and death.

  • First Council

    They had the first official council between the US and the Indains, promising future of peace and prosperity if tribes don’t make war on whites or other tribes.

  • Great Plains

    Lewis and Clark discover 178 new plants and 122 new animals in the great plains.

  • Tension rising

    A fight almost broke out between the Indains and the explorers over the use of a boat

  • New village

    Lewis and Clark discover a new village in present day North Dakota with about 4,500 people. They decided to build a fort there called Fort Mandan.

  • New help

    They hire Charbonneau and Sacagawawa to help them when they reach the mountains

  • Sacagawae new baby

    Sacagawae gives birth to a new baby boy

  • Split up

    The expedition splits up with some going back down the river, while everyone else headed west.

  • Montana

    They made it to modern day Montana and were shocked by the amount of wild buffalo roaming there.

  • Fork in the river

    The expedition reaches a fork in the river. The men believe that they should go north, while Lewis and Clark believe that they should go south.

  • Portage

    The expedition discovers 4 more waterfalls up river and make the decision that they have to portage around 18.5 miles

  • Continental Divide

    Lewis ascends the final distance towards the Continental Divide. This is where they expected to see the northwest passage, but they didn't see it.

  • New friend

    The chief of a village that they arrived in decides to befriend them and show them how to make canoes

  • The false end

    Lewis thinks he sees the ocean, but instead it's the Green Bay

  • Winter

    The group takes a vote on where to spend the winter and come up with modern day Oregon

  • Yellowstone and Canada border

    Clark's group reaches yellowstone while Lewis' group is near the Canada border

  • Reunited

    The two groups reunite at the mouth of the yellowstone

  • Going home

    After about 2.5 years, the expedition heads home