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Starting Point Camp Dubois
On May 14, 1804 Lewis and Clark set out up the Misouri River with four dozen men "under a jentle brease." Thesse men came from diffrent backgrounds and regions of the country. They traveled in a big keelboat 55 feet long and eight feet wide. They also had two smaller boats called pirogures. -
The First Casuality
In Sioux City, Iowa Sergeant Charles Floyd became the expidition's first casuality. The cause of his death was probably from a burst appendix. The hiltop where Lewis and Clark buried Floyd. was called Floyd's Bluff. -
Experience With Sioux Tribe
The Teton Sioux demanded a boat for payment to allow the expedition to move father up river. Clark stated that the tribe should be treated "in the most friendly & conciliatory manner."Black Buffalo the Sioux chief, stopped a war from happening between the two groups. The expedition stayed for three more days. -
Experience At Fort Mandan
North of what is now considerd Bismarck, North Dakota, the captains decided to build Fort Mandan across the river from the main village of the Mandans and the Hidatsas. They hired a French Canadian interpreter Charbonneau and his wife Sacajawea to help them through the mountains. On Christmas Eve, the expedition moved in for the winter. -
A Spot Where A Baby Is Born
Sacajawea gave birth to a baby boy. She named him Jean Baptiste. He was born in Fort Mandan. -
A Spot Where An Animal Profoundly Affected The Expedition
By the Yellowstone River Lewis and anothor hunter kill a grizzly bear. This was the first time the group had seen a bear that big and fierce. They encounterd grizzlies many more times on there trip west. Lewis wrote the “curiosity of our party is pretty well satisfied with respect to this animal.” -
A Spot Where A Tree Profoundly Affected The EXpedition
When the rest of the expedition arrived at the Great Falls of the Missouri. They made crude carts from cottonwoods, burried some cargo, and begin haauling the canoes and remaining supplies over the broken terrain. Broiling heat, hail storms, and other obstacles mark the difficult portage. -
Experiance With The Shoshone
By discovering a village of Shoshones Lewis trys to negotiate for the horses. He knows that they are an important necessity to cross the daunting mountains. That day William Clark and the rest of the expediition arrived and Sacajawea was brought to help translate. She was astonished to find out that the Shoshone cheif Cameahwait turned out to be her brother. -
A Spot Where The Expedition Experienced A Peaceful Trade With A Native Tribe
Lewis successfully negotiated for horses from the native Shoshone Tribe. He was able to get twenty nine horses and one mule. A Shoshone guide called Old Toby joined the expedition. -
An Experience That Occurred In Present Day Idaho
The group of discovery ascends into the Bitterroot Mountains Sergeant Patrick Gass calls “the most terrible mountains I ever beheld.” John Ordaway wrote " the mountains continue as far as our eyes could extend. They extended father than we expected.'' Clarck named a stream Hungry Creek to describe there condition. Eleven days later on the brink of starvation the expedition staggers out of the Bitterroots near Weippe, Idaho, -
A Spot Where The Expedition Was Aided By A Native Tribe
The Nez Perce decided to befriend the expedition. They gave them dried camas roots and fish. Chief Twisted Hair taught them how to make canoes from hollowed out pine trees. -
A Spot Where Weather Profoundly Influences The Expedition
Clark wrote "Ocian In View! O! The Joy." But then he realized that they were still 20 miles away from the Pacific Ocean. Fierce storms, rolling waters and high winds prevented them from moving on for three weeks. -
An Experiance at fort Clatsop
The expedition decided to cross to the south side of the Columbia, near modern-day Oregon, to build winter quarters. The expedtion celebrated Christmas in their new home Fort Clatsop. It was named for a neighboring Indian tribe. The two captains handed out handkerchiefs and the rest of their tobacco supply as presents. -
An Incident Where Someone Is Killed From A Native Tribe
The Morning of the 27th the explorers catch the Blackfeet trying to steal their horses and guns. In the fight that followed two Blackfeet Indians were killed. This was the first time someone was killed on the expedition. -
A Spot Where A Member Of The Expedition Becomes Ill
Sadly Floyds part in the amazing journey of the Corps Of Discovery was short-lived. By late July Lewis and Clark had reported that sergeant Floyd "had been very sick for several days". He seemed to have grown better for a time but on August 15,he was sick all night. The illness grew severe overnight and on the evening of August 19, Clark Sat up with him all night and and the next day Floyde died in the early afternnon of that day.
