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The Expedition Starts
Lewis, Clark and around four dozen men set off on the expedition up the Missouri River. -
First encounters with Native Americans
At sunset, a group of Oto and Missouri Indians came to the expedition camp. The meeting went well and both parties exchanged gifts. -
Run in with the Teton Sioux
The Teton Sioux treated the expedition with hostility and were unsatisfied with the gifts they recieved. The indians became threatening and matched the force of the indians with their own. -
Fort building finished.
The fort was finished being built. At the same time, the weather dropped below zero degrees ferinheit and the water became icey Slowly afterwords, the food supply was deminishing. -
Winter in Fort Mandan
The expedition spent time trading with with their Native American neighbors the Mandans and the Hidatsa.
Here they met Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea.
Once the expedition left Mandan land, Charbonneau's young son left with them. December 21, 1804-April 06, 1805 -
Lewis thought, but Lewis though wrong
Lewis was under the impression that bears could easily harm the indians, but not a person with a rifle. Lewis found out that the bears posed a threat to anyone, regardless of how he was armed. -
The Expedition almost loses a ship
Due to a sudden gust of wind, the expedition almost loses one of its two pirogues. Sacagawea jumped into the water at this time and saved the important fdocumentation on the vessel before they were destroyed. -
The expedition hits a fork
The party eventually comes to a fork in the river. From here, two search parties are sent outto figure out the right way to go. Niether made progress. -
The expedition comes back.
Early in the morning Lewis, Clark, and the epedition came home and were welcomed by a thousand people.