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They set off from Camp Dubois.
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Sergeant Charles Floyd becomes ill and dies because of a ruptured appendix.
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The expedition holds a friendly council with Yankton Sioux.
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Here they hired Sacagawea and her Husband at interpreters. They also learned a lot about the indians.
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Jean Baptiste is born at Fort Mandan.
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The dog that Lewis brought saves the men from a charging Buffalo that was heading towards the corps tents. The dog saved them by causing the Buffalo to change its course.
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Captain Lewis was ill. To help with this, he boiled some choke-cherry twigs until they became liquid. Then he drank the liquid. Later he felt better.
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He meets the Shoshone Indian chief in peace and gives them gifts.
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Lewis negotiates with the Shoshone people for their horses. They experience a peaceful trade with them.
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Lewis and eight or nine men got sick. Some were so sick they couldn't even be put on a horse and they had to lie along the side of the road.
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Nez Perce Indians were vulnerable because they had no ammunition. When Lewis and Clark offered ammunition trade they accepted. They had a peaceful trade.
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Lewis was 20 Miles away from the ocean. He encountered a storm that stopped them for three weeks. The storm that stopped them was a Thunder/Rain Storm.
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They were a major factor in helping the expedition decided where to stay in the winter.
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This is where they spent Christmas. For presents they handed out handkerchiefs and the expedition's last of the tobacco supply.
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Captain Lewis shot a Blackfeet Indian. Another expedition member kills another. This is what started the distrust between the white people and the Blackfeet Indians. They closed their territory for 80 years.
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