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In early May the expedition almost lost one of its two pirogues when a sudden gust of wind caught the sails and heeled the vessel over on its side. Only quick action by Sacagawea, who was riding in the vessel, saved precious journals and supplies that otherwise would have been lost.
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Lewis and Clark begin their Journy
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The frist Indian encounter went well. President Jefferson had specifically mentioned the need to make a friendly impression on this powerful tribe.
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the first white man to see the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
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On August 11th Lewis spotted an Indian on horseback. It was a shoshone at last, the frist Indian tehy has seen since Fort Mandan.
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Snow began to fall as the expendition set off for the Continenetal Divide. On October 7 they broke camo and started down the clearwater.
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Carried along by the river's breakneck current, the corps rode the Clearwater.
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They are almost out of food
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Soon Lewis and Clark were back at the Mandan Villages.
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Now on the home stretch of the journey, the expedition was making as much as 80 miles a day. Lewis and Clark began to meet traders who informed them that they had been given up for dead.