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Lewis and Clark
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Lewis and Clark begin their journey
Public Broadcasting Service. Lewis and Clark Trailer. PBS. n.d. 18 June 2014. http://video.pbs.org/. -
Conflict with the Sioux is avoided
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The Corps arrives at the villages of the Mandan and Hidatsa
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The corps hires the fur trader Toussaint Charboneau and one of his wives, Sacagawea, to be their interpreters
Smithsonian. Natonal Postal Museum. Smithsonian. n.d. 18 June 2014. http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/. -
The men finish building Fort Mandan which will be their home for the winter
U.S. Army Center of Military History. Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery. n.p. 27 June 2011. 18 June 2014. http://www.history.army.mil/. -
Sacagawea's son, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau is born
Hansen, Wallace W. Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database. n.p. 2012. 18 June 2014. http://www.nwplants.com/. -
The Corps reaches a branch in the Missourri and must decide on which route to take
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The main party arrives at the Shoshone camp
Lewis and Clark Missouri River Basin Visitors Center. Native American Connection. n.p. n.d. 18 June 2014. http://www.mrb-lewisandclarkcenter.org/. -
The men arrive at the camp of the Nez Perce
They are starving at this point and the Nez Perce teach them a new way to make dugout canoes. -
The Corps reaches the Pacific Ocean
The whole crew takes a vote on where to camp for the winter including Sacagawea and Clark's slave: York. They proceed to set up Fort Clatsop. -
The Corps arrives at St.Louis
