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The Journey Begins
Lewis and Clark make their way up the Missouri River from their St. Louis area camp. They make it 6,000 miles on the river without seeing a single Indian. They post guards everynight ashore. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Standoff with the Teton Sioux
Lewis and Clark come up to Tenton Sioux tribe that demand a boat for price of passage. Clark draws his sword and Lewis turns the swivel guns onto them. Both sides retreat away. -
Winter among the Mandan
The expedition members stayed busy over the winter, hunting buffalo, trading with Indians and repairing equipment in Fort Mandan. They sent a boat back to St. Louis with everything so far and then headed out after winter. -
A fork in the River
They came upon a fork in the river and then they argued on which way was the right way. They eventually took the upper route. -
Toward the Continental Divide
They see the mountains in sight and they get clearer as they aproach it. The need to find the Shoeshone tribe that will provide them horses. -
Deadly Crossing: The Bitterroots
They got horses in the Bitterroots Valley and it took them a long time. After horses near starvation they finally made it out. -
Winter on the Pacific
Lewis and Clark decided to make camp south of Columbia. They stayed there on the coast of the Pacific and made Fort Clatsop. -
Readying for the Return
They were ready to go home and retrace their steps. They loaded 5 dugouts and left timing was critical to make sure that the Missouri was not frozen. -
Abandoning the Boats
After days of battling strong currents and having constant harassment from the Chinookan Indians trying to steal their supplies, they abandoned the canoes for horses from the hospitable Walla Walla tribe. -
Hailed as Heroes
On the way home traders tell them they have been given up for dead however when they return they are hailed as heroes.