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Set out at 4 o' clock p.m in the presents of the people that lived there Lewis and Clark begin their expedition. Headed and proceeded west up the Missourri River.
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Our mast got fast on the limb of a sycamore tree and it broke very easy.
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When Lewis and Clark ran into the South Dakota, the Teton branch of the Sioux Nation were masters of the plains on both sides of the Missouri River.
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Lewis and Clark arrived at the Mandan villages. They traded their agricultural products with other tribes in the region. Lewis and Clark decided to stay for the winter with the friendly Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, where food would be.
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They met the Mandans and they smoked a peace pipe
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Fort Mandan (in North Dakota) - Charbonneau was now the interpreter for the exploration, along with his wife from the Shoshoni, Sacagawea,
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Sacagawea delivered a fine baby boy. This was her first child.
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During the evening, the men discovered a large brown grizzly bear. Six hunters went out to attack him. Each put a bullett him, two through each lungs. The men ran towards the river and the grizzly followed.Even though they made it. They ran into grizzlies again .
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Sacagawea and Lewis become dangerously ill. Clark nursed her back to health with twigs from a choke cherry tree.
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Having Sacagawea in the group told all Native Americans that the group came in peace. Cameahwait sold the group horses which they needed to cross the Rocky Mountains.
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They reached Idaho after crossing the bitterroot range.
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Blackfeet trying to steal their horses and guns. In the fight that follows two Blackfeet are killed. The only act of bloodshed during the entire expedition. Lewis leaves a peace medal around the neck of one of the corpses.
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The group chose this place to build a camp for the winter. (Native Americans lived near buy)
