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The encounter was not friendly like president Jefferson had hoped, but both sides did fall back at the last minute and no battle was fought.
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The members of the expedition set out to building a fort for winter, and finished at the end of November.
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The members meet a french fur trapper and hire him and his native american wife, Sacagawea, to be an interpreter and to help them learn about the land.
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As the experdition goes farther west, they find themselves in bear country, and think it no big deal since the men have rifles. One day they spot a pack of grizzlies, which attack the men and almost kill Meriwether Lewis. If they did not reload the gun in time, he would have been dead.
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As the were sailing down the river, one of the boats turned on its side and many supplies went overboard, but Sacagawea gathered as much of what fell as she could.
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Both of the two rivers were of the same size, and the men disagreed about which one to take. After sending scouting parties they still had no luck. Lewis decided to take the southern branch with a few other men to see if it led to the Great Falls.
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He was the first white man to ever see them, and found that it wasn't just one waterfall, but a series. He went back to the others to bring them forth, which took a month to get around them.
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They are led to the chief, and they find that it is Sacagawea's brother, which could have been the difference between getting horses or not. They bargain with the indians. giving them ammunition and firearms in exchange for the horses.
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