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the journey began.
started out from camp wood. cotintinued for 2 years -
discovered villages of the Mandan and Hidatsas
Mandan and Hidatsas are indians. the captains decided to build fort Mandan across the river from the main Indian village -
Fort Mandan completed
their expedition goes into winter -
builds winter quarters
majority voted to go across to the South Side of Columbia River to build them. -
Lewis comes across the "great falls of missouri"
he discovered more waterfalls the farther upstream he went. that expedition went over 18 miles,taking almost a month. -
Lewis discovered Shoshones village
he tried to negotiate for horses.they found out the Shoshone chief Cameahwait is Sacagaweas brother. they named the site "Camp Fortunate." -
expedition reaches the Columbian River
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Lewis and Clark reach St. Louis
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begins the journey home
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Lewis commits suicide
at an Inn South of Nashville -
Sacagawea dies
at fort Manuel. Clark got custody of her daughter Jean Baptiste and her daughter Lisette. -
William Clark dies
at his oldest son Meriwethers house.