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Lewis and Clark set off to explore the Louisiana purchase
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Lewis and Clark pass La Charette, which is the settlement of whites on the river
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They celebrate the first 4th of July in the west. They name a river in present day Kansas, the Independence River
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The expedition has it's first casualty and death.
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They had the first official council between the US and the Indains, promising future of peace and prosperity if tribes don’t make war on whites or other tribes.
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Lewis and Clark discover 178 new plants and 122 new animals in the great plains.
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A fight almost broke out between the Indains and the explorers over the use of a boat
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Lewis and Clark discover a new village in present day North Dakota with about 4,500 people. They decided to build a fort there called Fort Mandan.
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They hire Charbonneau and Sacagawawa to help them when they reach the mountains
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Sacagawae gives birth to a new baby boy
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The expedition splits up with some going back down the river, while everyone else headed west.
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They made it to modern day Montana and were shocked by the amount of wild buffalo roaming there.
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The expedition reaches a fork in the river. The men believe that they should go north, while Lewis and Clark believe that they should go south.
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The expedition discovers 4 more waterfalls up river and make the decision that they have to portage around 18.5 miles
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Lewis ascends the final distance towards the Continental Divide. This is where they expected to see the northwest passage, but they didn't see it.
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The chief of a village that they arrived in decides to befriend them and show them how to make canoes
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Lewis thinks he sees the ocean, but instead it's the Green Bay
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The group takes a vote on where to spend the winter and come up with modern day Oregon
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Clark's group reaches yellowstone while Lewis' group is near the Canada border
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The two groups reunite at the mouth of the yellowstone
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After about 2.5 years, the expedition heads home