First official cousel between representatives of United States and western Indians
The expedition is now in the Great Plains and will describe 178 plants and 122 animals that previously had not been recorded for science
Fort Mandan is completed and the expedition had moved in for the winter
Lewis and Clark send about a dozen men back downriver with maps, reports, Indian artifacts, and boxes of specimens, and the rest of the crew heads west
The expedition comes across the Great Falls of the Missouri
Sacagawea tells Lewis and Clark that they are nearing the home of her people, the Shoshones
The expedition goes into the Bitterroot Mountains, and almost die of starvation while going through them
The crew votes where to spend the winter, and they set up Fort Clatsop near modern-day Astoria, Oregon
The expedition splits up in order to explore more territory after re-crossing the Bitterroot Moutnains
The expedition returns to the settlements and reach La Charette
The expedition arrives at St. Louis and are welcomed back as national heroes