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The expedition heads off down the Missouri.
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Sergeant Charles Floyed dies for a burst appendix. he was buried on Floyd's Bluff by Floyd's River.
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the Expedition has a meeting with the Yankton Sioux tribe.
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At Fort Mandan, the expedition spends thier time repairing equipment, trading with the Indians, and hunting for buffalo.
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Sacagewea has a baby boy named Jean Baptiste
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Lewis and clark have to wait out a sand storm befor they can move on.
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The first time the expedition sees a bear.
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This is were they reach the Great Falls. Everyone was weakened from trying to navigate around the waterfalls. Sacajawea was the sickest and they had to stop all progress because of her. "the Indian woman complaining all night & excessively bad this morning. her case is somewhat dangerous. two men with the Tooth ake 2 with Tumers, & one man with a Tumor & a slight fever ..." -William Clark, The Journals.
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Lewis gives sacajewea a mixture of bark and opium to heal her.
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On this day the expidition meets their first Sosone indian, he was a scout on horse back.
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the expedition traded the Sosone people for some horses and food
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this fort was built on the coast. they spent thier time making moccasins and buckskin clothing, storing food, and working on journals and maps. the entire time it rained.
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the expedition waited with the Nez Perce tribe to wait for the snow to melt so they could cross the mountains.
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In atempting to steal some rifles and some horses, some Blackfeet indians got killed in a fight
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the expedition returns home