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The expedition sets sail up the Misouri River on the 14th of May. Dozens of people are there to set them off. They pull and push the boat with poals up the river for 14 miles in the day. Lewis is not there with them yet.
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The first encounter with the Indian tribes are with the Oto and Missouri tribes, they give out gifts and make peace with the tribes, a great start for the expadition.
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Charles Floyd died on Aug 20 1804 most likely of burst appendex, they buried him on Floyd's Bluff, near Floyd's River.
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After meeting the Yankton Sioux tribe a baby is born in the tribe so Lewis wraps him in the flag of the United States of America and calls him an American
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After getting ready to set up a fort for the Winter, the party decided to set it up near the village of the Mandans and Hidatsas, where nearly 4,500 people lived.
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Sacagawea has given birth to her child, she called him John Babtiste. Lewis helps with her delivery, by making a potion from snake rings.
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Members come across on their first encounter with a Grizzly Bear, they get chased by many and find they are very hard to kill, in all they gain respect for them.
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With the help of Sacagwea, the party finds the Shoshone village. They have Savagewea as their translator and her brother happend to be the cheif of the tribe.
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Near Weippe, Idaho the party has traveled through the Bitterroot Mountains and when they come to the other side eleven days later they are in need of food.
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In late September many of the men in the Party get sick after eating to much Salmon and Camas roots.
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After getting sick a few day earlier the party learns for the chief Twisted Hair, how to make canoes from wood logs by smoking it out.
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After reaching the shores of the west coast they party sets up another fort for the winter. After the winter they plan to head back home, where they came from almost a full continent away.
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Through-out the winter it only does not rain/snow 12 days, Lewis starts to feel home-sick as well as many of the other members.
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In the night eight Blackfeet attack the party trying to steal the horses and weapons, two of them are killed but Lewis still leaves a peace medal around the neck of one of them to show that they wanted peace.
