Lewis And Clark expedition

By keyah

  • Missouri

    Missouri
    Lewis and Clark hold their first council with Indians. They
    meet with a group of Oto and Missouri chiefs near They hand out peace medals and other gifts, and Lewis delivers a speech.

  • Mandan Village

    Mandan Village
    Lewis and Clark sited a space across the Missouri River
    from the Indian villages and begin construction of
    Fort Mandan.

  • Toussaint Charbonneau

    Toussaint Charbonneau
    Toussaint Charbonneau is a French-Canadian trapper
    living with the Hidatsas and is hired to be an interpreter
    for the Expedition.

  • Sacagawea

    Sacagawea
    Sacagawea, Charbonneau’s Indian wife, gives birth to
    a son, Jean Baptiste, at Fort Mandan. The child is later
    nicknamed Pompy, or Pomp by Clark.

  • The expedition arrives

    The expedition arrives
    The Expedition arrives in St. Louis. Lewis writes to
    Thomas Jefferson that the corps has “penetrated the
    Continent of North America to the Pacific Ocean.”