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Thomas Jefferson's Secret Message
Thomas Jefferson sends a secret message asking if they could explore the west and fund it as well. -
Lewis is chosen as commander
Lewis was chosen as commander and wrote a letter to clark and asked him to join him. -
The Louisiana purchase Announcement
The Louisiana purchase was announced that Lewis will explore the land along with Clark. -
Lewis constructs a keelboat
Lewis contructs a keelboat and picks up clark and other recruits and heads down the Ohio River. -
Camp Wood established
Lewis and Clark establish Camp Wood, on the Wood River in Illinois up stream from st louis. -
The Expedtion begins
The Corps of Discovery leaves Camp Wood and begins its journey up the Missouri River. -
Frist 4th of july on the west
Expedition marks first 4th of July west of the Mississippi by firing the keelboat's cannon after they fired the cannon they named it the Independence Creek. -
Sgt. Charles Floyde dies
Sgt. Charles Floyde dies because his apendex bursted. Where they buried him it was named Floyd's Bluff and a near by stream Floyd's river. -
Prarie dog shipment
All of the men try to drown a prarie dog out of its hole to send back to jefferson, -
They discover earth lodges
The men discover earthlodge villages of the Mandan and Hidatsas Indians. Then they build Fort Mandan across the river from the main village. -
Lewis and Clark hire Sacagawea
A French Canadian fur trapper living with the Hidatsas, is hired as an interpreter. His wife, Sacagawea, a Shoshone who had been captured by the Hidatsas and sold to Charbonneau, is also considered helpful . -
The corps first kill
The Corps kill their first grizzly bear near the Yellowstone River in Montana.
