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Starting Point: St. Louis, Missouri
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States at the time. He was completing the Louisiana Purchase from the French and had big plans. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis was asked from Jefferson to take a journey to the west coast and report. Lewis asked his partner, another army captain, William Clark to adventure along side him with several other dozen members and head off in their keel boat -
Dealing with Ill
Sergeant Charles Floyd deals with a severe pain with his Appendix bursting in Sioux City, Iowa. Buried on hilltop captains name the hilltop after him, Floyd's Bluff, nearby Floyd's River. -
Trouble with the Sioux Tribe
Lewis and Clark ran into a problem with the Sioux Tribe going upstream the Missouri River.Chief Leader Black Buffalo wanted an exchange in goods for passing through their land. Sioux Tribe demanded one canoe but Lewis and Clark refused. This lead to small battles throughout the journey of Missouri River. -
Life at Fort Mandan
Lewis and Clark hit a huge winter storm located in North Dakota. They built a fort for shelter until winter passed by. With that, they ran into an Indian Tribe named the Hidatsa while out looking to restock up equipment. In that tribe they met Toussisaint Charbonneau and his Shoshone wife Sacagawea. Lewis and Clark were able to hire them as interpreters throughout the rest of the journey. After the storm past they sent about a dozen members back to Jefferson with a map, animals and plants. -
Sacagawea's Baby Boy
While the storm was passing by, Sacagawea gave birth to a very important baby named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, otherwise known as "Pomp". Pomp was given the name from Lewis and Clark as a slang name because they couldn't speak Indian Languages. -
Tribe Mandan Aided Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark camped out and rebuild stock, with that, men build axes to trade for corn. This was key for the crew for food during the Winter. -
The Buffalo & Grizzly Bear Heard
With the lack of unknown knowledge about the animals out there, Lewis and Clark have to handle it. Grizzly Bears were popular in the area, in what now is Montana, of crossing Idaho. Grizzly Bears took much more hunting than rifles, taking many crew members to take down the their first Grizzly Bear. This was significant knowing there was much greater food. -
Weather Changes the Journey
Lewis and Clark now hit their biggest obstacle so far. Hitting the Great Falls of the Missouri, makes it even more difficult with raging heat, hail storm, running into cactus's. This effected the timeline for preparing winter from a half of day, to a month. -
Plants Save the Day
Getting out Missouri the crew runs into somewhat of a food shortage. Lewis and his baking skills saved the day by using berry plants and flour to make a cobbler of some sort.This was a good meal to re-energize the crew back up with that of lack of meat for protein. -
Greetings at Shoshone Tribe
Lewis and Clark are finishing up the adventure on the Missouri River. Crossing the borders of Montana and Idaho the crew runs into the Shoshone Tribe. Sacagawea helped translate in order to use their horses to continue the journey westward. Chief Cameahwait was willing to help for Lewis and Clark along the journey. -
Peaceful Trading with Shoshoni
The Shoshone Tribe was a very kind tribe but had suspicions like a lot of other encounters with other explorers. Lewis met the Shoshone Tribe before Clark, Lewis traded red paint and other gifts in return for horses to cross the Rocky Mountains. The tribe would agree if Clark and his crew showed up before continuing. If Clark didn't show up the tribe would take Lewis's things and leave. Finally Clark made it, and it was a peaceful trading. -
Experiencing Idaho
With 29 horses and a mule from the Shoshone Tribe, Lewis and Clark continue West crossing Idaho. Reaching Bitteroot Mountain Lewis and Clark struggle with deep thick snow making it hard for animals and explorers to cross. This was casual weather on Idaho ground during fall and winter. -
Regular Causalities
With the amount of men Lewis and Clark had with them, they ran into some causalities that were key survival factors at that point. The main one was having enough food. A lot of the times Lewis and Clark hunted, but they didn't they know they area either they killed their own animals, or bought animals from Indians. -
Fort Clatsop
Finishing up the journey the crew finally camps out just before shore of the Pacific Ocean, building Fort Clatsop. This was named from a neighboring tribe located in what now is Portland. The crew held up here for the winter, homesick, for the holiday. -
Encounter with Blackfeet Tribe
Headed back to Missouri the Blackfeet Tribe encountered Lewis and Clark on their return from the expedition. The peaceful camp out until, the tribe tried taking Lewis and Clark's guns and horses, having Lewis shot one tribe member.
