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St. Louis, Missouri
Expedition sets off from Camp Dubois “under a jentle brease " Clark writes.“ “Clark led the men up the Missouri River to a French village. They waited for Meriwether Lewis, who caught up to them after attending some final business in St. Louis.” The exact number of men who left St. Louis is unknown but thought to be around 48 aboard the keelboat. The keelboat carried 20,000 pounds of supplies. -
A spot where the expidition experiences a causality
LINK On August 20th Charles Floyd dies from appendicitis. They buried his body on a bluff overlooking a stream which they named after him.Name Sergt. C. Floyd died here 20th of August 1804 was fixed at the head of his grave— This Man at all times gave us proofs of his firmness and Determined resolution to doe Service to his Countrey and honor to himself after paying all the honor to our Dece -
Experience with a Friendly Sioux Tribe
LINK "n South Dakota a council was held with the Yankton Sioux. In the Expidition Journal Lewis wrote:"On landing I was receved on a elegent painted B. Robe & taken to the Village by 6 Men & was not permited to touch the ground untill I was put down in the grand Concill house on a White dressed Robe."
The Yakton Tribe was friendly because they wanted guns which they did not get. -
A spot where a baby is born
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A Yankton baby was born at the time of the council at Calumet and was named Struck by the Ree. It is said that Meriwether Lewis wrapped him in an American flag and declared he was an American. -
Experience of a Unfriendly Encounter with the Sioux Tribe
LINK"Near present day Pierre, South Dakota, Lewis and Clark met with the Lakota Sioux. The situation became tense but a dangerous confrontation was averted."
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Experience with the Shoeshone Tribe
Link to Shoshone Encounter
The Expedition needed horses and the Shoshone Tribe had them. Clark wrote "we engau him to go on with us and take one of his wives to interpet the Snake language The Indians Horses & Dogs live in the Same Lodge with themselves" -
Help from a Tribe and Sacagewea's Brother
Meeting and helpNovember 28, "we are all wet bedding and Stores, haveing nothing to keep our Selves of Stores dry, our Lodge nearly worn out, and the pieces of Sales & tents So full of holes & rotten that they will not keep anything dry" The Expedition was low on shelter and supplies. When Sacagewa met her Chief brother the Tribe traded for goods wtih the Corps. -
Christmas at Fort Mandan
Christmas Fort Mandan Lewis and Clark allowed alcohol on Christmas for his crew. They had a party where they all danced and had a great time. During the winter at Fort Mandan they fixed their gear and wrote about what they had seen. The report, mineral and plant samples were sent back in the spring with 12 men to the President. Ordway wrote "we had the Best to eat that could be had, & continued firing dancing & frolicking -
Peaceful Trading with Indians
From December 21 to 1804-April 06, 1805 the Expedition stayed at Fort Mandan and traded for goods peacefully. The Mandan and Hidatsa villages near the fort were "the central market place of the Northern Plains." It attracted Europeans and Indians. You could trade for horses, mules, clothing, guns, corn and other vegetables. -
A bear could affected the Expedition
BearOn April 29 1805 Lewis wounded two bears. One of the bears he was trying to kill got away. The other wounded bear chased him the length of a football field while he was trying to reload. He shot it and it died. Lewis could have easily been killed. "the other after my firing on him pursued me seventy or eighty yards, but fortunately had been so badly wounded that he was unable to pursue so closely as to prevent my charging my gun; we again repeated our fir and killed him." -
The Near Death of Sacagawea and Tree Bark
The Near Death of Sacagawea and Tree Bark “The Indian woman verry bad … if She dies it will be the fault of her husband …”—William Clark, June 1805 Sacagawea was very sick with symptoms of gonorrhea. Clark attempted to help her by prescribing the wrong cures. When Lewis returned from a short exploratory trip he prescribed doses of bark and opium, sulfur and iron water which cured her. -
Weather almost kill Clark and Others
York and ClarkClark wrote that they reached the rim of the canyon “safe where I found my servent in serch of us greatly agitated, for our wellfar.” Weather influenced the Expedition when Clark, Sacagewea, her son and husband were washed away in a flash flood in the Missouri River what is now Great Falls, Montana. Even though he was Clark’s slave York risked his life to find them. It all turned out well Clark finding York searching for them. -
A spot where a member of the expidition becomes ill
LINK Clark’s slave became sick with many other members of the expedition including Sacagawea and her baby. Clark noted “My man York sick, I give him a dosh of Tarter” (to induce vomiting) It was assumed to be food poisoning. -
An experience that happened in present day Idaho
LINK in ID Merriweather Lewis becones the first citizen to cross the continental divide. Idaho turned out to be the most challenging part of their journey because of the steepness of the Rockie Mountains. Lewis: "still to the West of us with their tops partially covered with snow. I now decended the mountain about ¾ of a mile which I found much steeper than on the opposite side" -
An experience at Fort Clatsop
Link 2LINK Fort Catsop was the winter camp for the expidition and was named after a local Indian tribe. They stayed there from December 1805 to March 1806. They spent most of the time re writing in journals. Ordway: "Still keep in good Spirits as we expect this to be the last winter that we will have to pass in this way" -
Expedittion kills two Indians
Shooting Link The expedition met 8 Blackfoots who were the fiercest of the tribes. Lewis gave them gifts and told them he would give guns to their enemies if they were not peaceful and asked them to camp with him. That night they tried to steal guns and horses. 1 Indian was stabbed and Clark shot another one, both died. They immediately broke camp and left the Blackfoot’s area. Lewis:" had pursued into the nitch one lay dead"
