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They left for the journey. St. Louis, Missouri is on the west side of the Mississippi. St. Louis, Missouri is the capital of the Louisiana Territory.
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He died of a ruptured appendix. He said to Clark, that "I am going away I want you to write me a letter." He died the next day.
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Sergeant Charles Floyd died of natural causes near what is now Sioux City, Iowa. He was the first soldier of the U.S. to die west of the Mississippi river. He was the only one to die on the expedition.
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Clark said that the Tetons were thin, small, and commonly ill looking. The Tetons hosted the corps. None of the corps could speak Sioux which led to several misunderstandings.
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Here is where they hired Toussaint Charbonneau as an interpreter. Lewis and Clark spent most of the winter writing on what they had seen so far. The corps were busy much of the winter repairing the fort, trading with indians, and hunting.
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The men finished building their winter home. They built this fort a short distance from five Indian villages. The name was in honor of one of the Indian tribes.
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Sacagawea's son was named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, and his nick name was pompy. He was born in what is now North Dakota.
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It is fifty time sweater than sugar. The Indians used the root of the plant. Lewis and Clark bought a bunch of it during the expedition.
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A bull bison ran across the Missouri River and trampled through the camp. Scaring some of the men by barely missing their heads. One of Clark's guns was trampled by the bull.
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Camp Fortunate was the name of the place of where Lewis traded with the Shoshone Indians. The corps needed horses to cross the Rockes. Lewis wanted to trade for horses.
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The starving people came near to what is now Weippe Idaho. They got to the tribe of the Nez Perce.
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Once they got to the ocean, all of them desided to make a fort for the winter. They stayed on the Clatsop Indian side of the river.
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After the winter they gave the Clatsop Indians the fort and went home.
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On their return back, the Nez Perce guided them. Five Nez Perce Indians helped them over the Rockies. Lewis and Clark both said that with out the guides they would have not found their way.
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The Blackfeet tried to steal arms from the corps. Lewis stabbed one of the indians in the heart who then died 15 steps away. Then they tried to steal the horses.
