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Expedition: Leg 1
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark begin their journey to explore the western lands of the United States. They depart in May and begin travelling in St. Louis and up the Missouri River. -
Expedition: Leg 2
Lewis and Clark's party is met by a group of Oto and Missouri Native Americans, which goes well, but they are concerned about meeting the Sioux Indians. Sgt. Charles Floyd likely dies of apendicitis, making him the first American to die west of the Mississippi. Lewis and Clark leter reach the Great Plains and also encounter the Yankton Sioux, who warn them of the Teton Sioux upriver. -
Expedition: Leg 3
The expedition are met by the Teton Sioux, who do not give them a pleasant welcome. Even the gifts given to them are not well received. A conflict nearly ensues, but both groups back off. -
Expedition: Leg 4
Lewis and Clark and their party spend the winter at Fort Mandan. While here, they meet a French-Canadian fur trapper, Touissant Charbonneau, along with his wife, Sacagawea, a Shoshone, and their infant son, Jean Baptiste. Charbonneau is hired as an interpreter and he brings his family with him. The group leaves the fort in the by spring of 1805. -
Expedtion: Leg 5
The party nearly loses important journals and supplies when a boat was caught by the wind and thrown on its side. However, Sacagawea managed to quickly save what she could. By the end of the month, Lewis finally caught sight of the Rocky Mountains. -
Expedition: Leg 6
The group finds the Shoshone Indians, who met the chief and Sacagawea's brother, Cameahwait. They bargained for horses using Sacagawea as a translator, but Clark had to trade in much just for one horse. The group was also told of a trail through the Rockies used by the Nez Perce tribe by an old Shoshone man. -
Expedition: Leg 7
After traveling through the Rocky Mountains and along the Clearwater River to the Columbia River, the group stopped to rest and meet with another Indian tribe. Upon reaching the end of the Columbia, Clark believed they were at the Pacific Ocean. They later reached their destination in the middle of November and spent the winter on the coast. -
Expedition: Leg 8
Lewis and Clark, as well as their men, are ready to return home. The group waits until the snow melts in March to begin retracing their path back through the Rockies and to the Missouri River. -
Expedition: Leg 9
The party seeks food and shelter from the Nez Perce tribe, whom they stay with until it was time to travel back through the dangerous Bitterroot Valley. The Nez Perce warned them to wait until July, but Lewis and Clark left the camp by June to journey through the Rockies. -
Expedition: Leg 10
Lewis and Clark go separate ways to explore more of the land. Lewis and his group run into the Blackfeet tribe at the Marias River, and a conflict leaves two Indians dead. The group quickly rides off. Clark and his party enter Crow tribe territory and end up having half of their horses stolen. -
Epxedition: Leg 11
Lewis and Clark's separate groups finally reunite after Clark accidentally shoots Lewis and the leg. The group resides at the Mandan villages while Lewis' wound heals, and they say goodybye to Sacagawea. When the group leaves, they are met by the Teton Sioux, who do not fight but only threaten the party as they traveled along the Missouri River. -
Expedition: Leg 12
After their 2 year, 4 month, and 10 day journey, Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discover finally enter the Mississippi River and return to St. Louis. Many presumed the group had perished, but nontheless greeted them warmly with salutes of gunfire.