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expadition starts
The expadition had finally started. they left from st. chariles missouri. thety travled in a 55 ft. keel boat. also had 6 tons of food. their wepons included 2 swivel cannons, 15 harper fairies rifles, 24 piped tomahawks, 24 large knives, 1 panet air gun for Lewis. -
first entery of lewis
they had to make repairs on their oars and tow rope. -
encountered their first indian trib
the first indian trib they incounterd was the otoes. borth lewis and clark had both made speeches that the land that they live on is no longer france's. the cheifes had responded in a friendly way to lewis and clark to the gifts they handed out. -
the first death
a sargent floyed had died and became the first death that the expadition had experianced. -
saw first antolope
with the wepons that they have brought with them that they could not get close enough to get qa good shot at them. they are very good with their sense of sight and smell. -
they meet the sioux
there was many more of them than there is the discovry. about ten time as many. after a little while the sioux desided to let them pass. -
they meet the arikaras
they travled in bull boats made of buffalo hides. the explorationn had spent many days with them. the corp. of discovry had found out that the tribe had never seen a black man before. -
thoughts about a winter camp
it was freezing by now. every morning when they wake up they would find ice at the edges of the river. so Lewis and Clark thought about a winter camp. -
fort mandan
fort mandain is finally finish. it was finished just in time for the corp. to take shelter for the winter. while the waited for spring they hired a frenched traper named sharbono as an inturbener. this traper had sacajewea as a wife. -
sacajawea had gave birth
she had just gave birth to a baby boy. sacajawea was a shushone and they had exalent horses. Lewis and Clark both knew that they needed horses to get across the mountains. -
the corp is ready to move on with their adventer.
none of the men of the corp of discovory is having any second thoughts at this point of the adventar. -
finding buffalo
after they broke camp to continue their jonery. they had found many heards of buffalo on their travels alonge the river. they also found elk and deer. they also have seen a grizzly baer. -
mager fork in the missari
they did not know about the fork in the river that they were following. they were very confused. the men thought that the northern path was the right one. but Lewis and Clark thought that the southern one was the right one. -
second snow fall
they had a very diffecalt time getting over the moutains in the snow. clark had gone ahead with the best hunters to find game. -
lewis and clark got back togeather
lewis had finally meet up with clark. clark had found the nez perce indians. -
they reached the pisific ocean.
they had finally reached the pacific ocean. -
signs of civlization
today they had seen their first sign of civlization, some cows grazing on the side of the river.
