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The beginning of the Journey
Lewis and Clark start off from St. Louis -
First meeting with Natives
The encounter with the Oto and Missouri Natives went well -
Meeting with the Sioux
Sioux grew threating, Clark drew his sword and Lewis aimed the swivel gun toward them. Both side pulled back, but the meeting had not went as planned leaving behind a potential enemy. -
Into grizzly country
Lewis was unimpressed with the grizzly bear until he and his men spotted a pair. They wounded one, but it escaped. The other bear chased Lewis for 80 yards before he and his men killed it. -
Fork in the river
The captains thought the southern branch was the right way, but the crew was convinced the northern branch was. So Lewis took three men with him down the southern branch to find it was indeed the right way. -
Great falls
Lewis is the first white man to see the great falls of the Missouri River -
Shoshone
They finally spotted a shoshone Indian. The indian led them to his chief, which happen to be Sacagawea's brother. With Sacagawea being a translater they began to trade with the natives for horses. -
Ocean in view
They came to large body of water what Clark thought was the Ocean, but it turned out to be the estuary of Columbia still 20 miles away from the Ocean. They reached the ocean about a week or so later. -
Getting ready to Return Home
The men were ready to retrace the steps back, they loaded their 3 dugouts, bought a 4th from the local village and stole a fifth. There journey back was about to begin. -
Abandoning the boats
Going back up the falls by boat was to hard of a challenge so they bought horses from the Walla Walla tribe and went over the mountains instead. -
Crow Tribe territory
Lewis and Clark enter crow territory and set camp for the night. They woke to find half of their horses gone. They did not see a single crow Indian. -
Return to St. Louis
Lewis and Clark return after a two year journey and welcomed back by 1 thousand people and gunfire salutes.