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Lewis and Clark set out on the Missouri River.
They traveled with two canoes and a keelboat.
They camped at Camp Wood, and prepared for
the four year expedition. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>. http://lewisclark.net N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014
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The expedition marks first fourth of july
west of the mississippi river. They fired
a canon in a keelboat. They also named
it the Independence Creek. Http://lewiscalrk.net. N.p.,n.d Web. 13 Mar. 2014.
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They were confronted by the Tenton Siout tribe and were forced to give them one of Lewis and Clarks boats as a fee to travel up the river. The tribes Chief Black Buffalo resolves the situation before fighting becomes involved. Black Buffalo said that the expedition stays with them for three days. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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They met Toussaint Charbonneau, a french canadian man who was hired as their interpreter. He was living with the Hidatsas. Sacajawia was captured by the Hidatsas. Then she was bought by Charbonneau and also was an interpreter. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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They found the village of the Shoshones and they try to get horses. They figure out the Shoshones chief is sacajawias brother. They named this place camp fortunate. Sacajawia communicated to them again. They game them reasons why they needed horses- to carry luggage, etc... <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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They nearly starved in the mountains. They ate fish roots, and buries etc. They walked over half of the days trying to get through the Rockey Mountains. They also killed animals if they had to. They finally emerged from the mountains into todays Weippe, Idaho. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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Clark believes he can see the ocean and writes his most famous journal entry, "Ocian in view! O! The joy" Yet still 20 miles away storms halt the expedition for 3 weeks. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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The expedition is getting ready to come to an end as they start making there way towards home. They are finally finishing there long journey and its about to end. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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They make their was back to missori. They then run into Blackfeet Warriors. They end up camping with these warriors. The moring of the 27th they caught the blackfeet warriors trying to steal their horses and guns. They all started fighting and during the fight two of the blackfeet got killed. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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When they return home they are treated like heros. Lewis and Clark recieve a double pay and 320 acres of land for a reward. The captin got 1,600 acres. Later Lewis is named Louisiana territory govenor. Clark on the other hand became Indian Agent for the west and Brigadier general- territorys militia. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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Lewis commited suiside by gun shot wounds. He died in an inn south of nashville at about a little after sunrise. Servants found him with gun shots in his head. A woman though she heard someone calling for help and crawl back to the persons room. She said she heard gun shots but they arent sure. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
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Sacajawia died of an unknown sickness, John Luttig wrote a year later in a journal that she to be putrid fever. She was only 25 years old and gave her son to clark since lewis already died. Clark was to take care of and provide with an education. <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?xmlsrc=1804-10-26.xml& xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl>.
