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Lewis and Clark begin their journey
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They reach the Kansas river
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Lewis and Clark held the first council withe the indians.
Attend by the Otoe and the Missouri indian cheifs at council bluff. -
A member of the crew dies
Sergeant Charles Floyd dies from appendicitis -
They have their first encounter with the Teton Lakota indians
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Arrive at the great bend of the Missouri.
Arrive in present Norht Dakota wherre they find many Mandan and Hidatsa villages. -
They reach the Yellowstone river
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They reach the tidewater of the Columbian River.
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The expedition can see the Pacific Ocean.
They now have traveled more than 4,100 miles from the Missouri river. -
The expedition builds Fort Clatsop oupost
They spent the winter there by the mouth of the Columbian river -
In late September they make it back to St. Louis
They triumphently make it back from there 28 month long journey.
