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President Thomas Jefferson asked the Congress to fund an expedition out to the west.
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The U.S. bought Louisiana expanding the United States. Making an expedition more important
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The U.S. bought Louisiana expanding the United States. Making an expedition more important
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Meriweather Lewis picked up William Clark, and began their journey down the Ohio River to pick up more people for their journey.
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Lewis and Clark transfered land from the French purchased in
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Lewis and Clark left camp wood and followed the Missouri river.
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Lewis and Clark, near Omaha, met with the Oto and Missouri tribes. Not much was achieved at this meeting and the tribes were dissatisfied.
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The meeting did not go well between Lewis and Clark and the Sioux, causing a confrontation late September.
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Lewis and Clark met Charbonneau and his wife Sacagawea. Lewis and Clark needed a translator and Sacagewea could speak two languages
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Lewis and Clark took new species and artifacts and shipped them out East to Thomas Jefferson.
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Lewis and Clark ran into two forks in a river showing that there is no Northwest passage through the entire country.
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Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea came across the Bitterroot Mountains in modern-day Idaho. They had to travel 160 miles up and down the mountain. Luckily they all survived
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Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea came across the Columbia River to cross it, they arrived at a good time because the current didn't carry them away.
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Clark believed that he could see the Pacific ocean, but he was looking at the head of the Columbia River.
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Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea began there trip back home, it would be a lot faster than their journey west.
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Lewis and Clark, along with the rest of the Corps of Discovery, made it back to St. Louis. They brought back journals from their expedition and precise maps.
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“Lewis and Clark Expedition Timeline.” Math, www.softschools.com/timelines/lewis_and_clark_expedition_timeline/384/.
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I was amazed by the fact that there were people in a time without fast transportation but yet they traveled the unknown, came back alive, and shared there knowledge.
