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The secret message
Thomas Jefferson sends a secret message to Congress. -
Training
Lewis begins his training -
News
News of the Louisiana Purchase is announced. -
Lewis picks up Whilliam Clark and other recruits
Lewis oversees construction of a keelboat. -
Camp Wood
Lewis and Clark establish Camp Wood. -
Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark travel to St. Louis to attend some ceremonies. -
Mississippi River
The Corps of Discovery leaves Camp Wood. -
Independence Day
The Corps holds the first Independence Day celebration west of the Mississippi River. -
Oto and Missouri Indians
North of present-day Omaha, Nebraska. -
Corps Discovery
Sergeant Charles Floyd dies of natural causes near present-day Sioux City. -
South Dakota
The Corps holds a council with the Yankton Sioux at present-day Yankton. -
Eastern United States
The Corps enters the Great Plains. -
The conflict is verted
The Corps has a tense encounter with the Teton Sioux near today's Pierre. -
The Missouri River
Near today's Bismarck. -
Interpretors for the journey ahead
Lewis and Clark hire French-Canadian fur-trader Toussaint Charbonneau and his Shoshone wife. -
Colder than it would be in the states
The men record the temperature at 45 degrees below zero. -
Winter in North Dakota
The men finish building Fort Mandan. -
Calling buffalo to the area
The Corps attends a Mandan buffalo dance. -
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
Sacagawea's son. -
Permanent Party
Lewis and Clark send a shipment of artifacts and specimens. -
Yellowstone River in Montana
The Corps marvels at the abundance of game. -
Sacagawea saves their most important possessions.
One of their boats nearly overturns. -
The White Cliffs
The Corps reaches the White Cliffs region of the Missouri River. -
Determining which branch to choose
The Corps reaches an unknown fork in the Missouri and must determine which branch to choose. -
Great Falls
Lewis reaches the Great Falls of the Missouri. -
Honor
The expedition reaches the Three Forks of the Missouri which they name the Jefferson. -
Shoshone lands
Sacagawea recognizes Beaverhead Rock. -
Northwest Passage
Jefferson receives the shipment from Fort Mandan. -
Cameahwait
Sacagawea recognizes the chief as her long-lost brother. -
Lewis's birthday
Lewis' celebrates his 31st birthday and vows. -
Bitterroot Mountains
The expedition sets out for the Bitterroot Mountains with many horses. -
Traveler's Rest
The men camp near today's Missoula, Montana at a spot they name Traveler's Rest. -
Rocky Mountains
The Corps begins the steep ascent into the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains. -
Nez Perce Indians
the men emerge from the mountains near present-day Weippe, Idaho, at the villages of the Nez Perce Indians. -
Clearwater River
After learning a new method to make dugout canoes from the Nez Perce, the men push off down the Clearwater River near Orofino. -
Celilo Falls
The Corps must run their canoes through treacherous rapids at The Dalles and Celilo Falls. -
Pacific Ocean
the last waterway to the Pacific Ocean. -
Columbia River
They are seeing only the widening estuary of the Columbia River. -
Fort Clatsop
the encampment came to be called Fort Clatsop. -
Clatsop Indians had set out for home.
winter of only 12 days without rain, the men present their fort to the Clatsop Indians and set out for home. -
national heroes
Louis nearly two and a half years after their journey began and are acclaimed as national heroes.