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Lewis and Clark started at the Missouri River after extreme preparations. The fifty-man group set out on three different boats on the journey of westward expansion.
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The expedition met their first Native encounter. A group of Oto and Missouri Indians arrived at their camp. The encounter went well, and they exchanged gretings and gifts.
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Sergeant Charles Floyd became the first U.S. soldier to die. He probably died of appendicitis. He wwas the only member of the Corps to die along the journey.
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The Teton Sioux met the expedition with hostility. After an offering of gifts, one of the Teton chiefs demanded a boat as the price of passage. The crisis was over after both sides backed out
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Lewis and Clark were desperate to cover as much of the path as possible before Missouri froze. They planned to spend the winter at the Mandan tribe's villages. They promptly began building a fort and they finished just before December began.
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During this winter, the expedition traded, hunted and learned about the country. During this time they also met Sacagawea.
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This is the first time they actually headed west.
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The expedition met a group of grizzlies, and were suprised with their resilience.
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This is the first time they see the Rockies. A boat gets knocked over and they almost lose important research.
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They reached a fork in the river. They debated whic path to take, and they searched for the Great Falls.
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Lewis and the expedition became the first white people to lay eyes on the Great Falls. To their suprise, the Great Falls were five separate waterfalls.
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Lewis rejoined with Clark, and they started their portage 6 days later. The portage was the most strenuous task of the trip so far, and it took them one month to pass the Great Falls.
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The expedition finally arrived at the Great Falls, which they had heard many stories of. They spent about a month navigating around the falls.
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The expedition continues their long journey, nearing the Rockies after every step. The path becomes more and more difficult.
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After many months, the expedition finally met the Shoshone; the first natives they saw since Fort Mandan. The tribe took the lead, and it turned out that the chief was Sacagawea's brother. The expedition finally bought horses, although in poor condition.
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The expedition finally met the Shoshone tribe.
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As the expedition started their journey to the Continental Divide, food supplies ran low and animals were scarce. They bought more horses and set up camp on the banks of Clearwater River.
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The expedition broke camp and started down Clearwater with the river's current at their backs.
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As the expedition rode the Clearwater, they reached Snake River and the Columbia. They rested for a while and bought food. They began to traverse the Cascades, the last mountain range they had to cross.They finally made it to the Pacific in the middle of November.
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Clark thought that they had reached the Pacific , but they were actually at the estuary of the Columbia.