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On May 21, 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis, Missouri. Along with Lewis ad Clark were 33 men that wished to experience the expedition. They started their journey from St. Louis in a 55 foot keel boat and two smaller boats.
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On July 7, 1804 a man by the name of Robert Frazer fell sick. The treatment he should have received should have been shade, rest, and rehydration. Instead they bled the man. They believed that after they bled him he got well which in fact probably made hi worse. Even though Robert was poorly treated he still survived the whole journey.
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On August 20, 1804 Sargent Charles Floyd died. He did near what is presently known as Sioux City, Iowa. His spot of burial is marked with a monument that over looks the Iowa city.
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They met in the council were Lewis delivered a speech to the chiefs. They took the chiefs on their boat and gave them all a glass of whiskey. The chiefs began to be troublesome and tell Lewis and Clark that they hadn't given sufficent gifts. Clark drew his sword yet spoke in positive terms he tried to shake hands with 2 of the angered chiefs who didn't want to shake hands with them.
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Lewis and Cark's crew began constructing Fort Mandan on November 2nd1804. They constructed the fort across the river from a Mandan indian village. They stayed at the fort for the winter until April 7th 1805.
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On February 11, 1805 Sacagawea gave birth to her son Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau. Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau was the son of Toussaint Charbonneau. Toussaint bought Sacagawea from The Mandan indians to serve as a slave although he married her. The son was born at Fort Clatsop.
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On May 14, 1805 a group of six men came on a bear in an opening. They all aimed up their rifles 4 shot. The bear charged, the other two shot it kept charging. They began running and shooting. two men were chased until they were forced to jump down 20 feet into a river only to be followed by the bear. The bear took of after one of the men only stopped after being shot through the head by a man on shore.
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On June 17, 1805 Lewis and clark were going to a head of a river Sacagawea was recovering from being sick. To help her recovery lewis gave her a some opium bark.
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On August 16, 1805 Lewis and Clark were desperate for horses. They were trying to by some from a group of Shoshone indians and trading wasn't going well. They got lucky when Sacagawea realized that the chief was her long last brother. After that descovery the group were able to buy the horses they desperatly needed to cross the Rocky Mountains.
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Lewis had met up with the Shoshone a few days earlier than the rest of the corp. When the corp cought up with Lewis and the 2 men traveling with him Sacagawea reconized the area. She recognized the people two. Chief Cameahwait was Sacagawea's own brother.
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The corp was crossing the rookies at one of the toughest spots of all. They were running low on provisions and were worn out from the thick under brush. They faced logs, rocks, and many other obsticles. They could find no fish and the horses had eaten all the grass. They ended up killing a colt to feed the men. They then named the area Colt Killed Creek, Idaho.
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On October 26, 1805 the expedition had their first encounter with the Chinook tribe. The Chinook villages sent two chiefs and several men to meet the group. They brought deer meat and root bread cakes for gifts. Lewis and Clark responded by giving the men small trinkets and the chiefs medals. although they were peaceful in person and traded peacefully lewis and CLark still struggled with the indians because they were stealing from their camp.
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On December 8, 1805 the corp began to build a fort to winter in. They named the fort Clatsop after the local Clatsop indians. They were in the shelter of the fort by chrismas eve. All but 12 of the 106 days spent at Fort Clatsop were spent in the rain.
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On December 24, 1805 the snow was slowing down the journey. The group was forced to stay at fort Mandan. It was said to be -40 degrees.
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On July 26, 1806 Lewis and the corp of discoveries ran into 8 armed Blackfoot indians. The indains were welcoming and stayed with the group. The day went well but that night when Lewis told the m about the U.S.'s plans to make peace with the indians and that the their two enemy tribes had already made peice and recieved guns and ammo. When they heard this they took offense and tried to steal their horses in the middle of the night. To their misfortune they were caught and 2 were shot dead.
