Index

Lewis and Clark SB

  • St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis, Missouri
    They left for the journey. St. Louis, Missouri is on the west side of the Mississippi. St. Louis, Missouri is the capital of the Louisiana Territory.
  • Sergeant Charles Floyd

    Sergeant Charles Floyd
    He died of a ruptured appendix. He said to Clark, that "I am going away I want you to write me a letter." He died the next day.
  • experiences a causality

    experiences a causality
    Sergeant Charles Floyd died of natural causes near what is now Sioux City, Iowa. He was the first soldier of the U.S. to die west of the Mississippi river. He was the only one to die on the expedition.
  • Sioux Tribe

    Sioux Tribe
    Clark said that the Tetons were thin, small, and commonly ill looking. The Tetons hosted the corps. None of the corps could speak Sioux which led to several misunderstandings.
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    Winter at Fort Mandan

    Here is where they hired Toussaint Charbonneau as an interpreter. Lewis and Clark spent most of the winter writing on what they had seen so far. The corps were busy much of the winter repairing the fort, trading with indians, and hunting.
  • Fort Mandan

    Fort Mandan
    The men finished building their winter home. They built this fort a short distance from five Indian villages. The name was in honor of one of the Indian tribes.
  • a baby is born

    a baby is born
    Sacagawea's son was named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, and his nick name was pompy. He was born in what is now North Dakota.
  • licorice

    licorice
    It is fifty time sweater than sugar. The Indians used the root of the plant. Lewis and Clark bought a bunch of it during the expedition.
  • A bull bison

    A bull bison
    A bull bison ran across the Missouri River and trampled through the camp. Scaring some of the men by barely missing their heads. One of Clark's guns was trampled by the bull.
  • Shoshone

    Shoshone
    Camp Fortunate was the name of the place of where Lewis traded with the Shoshone Indians. The corps needed horses to cross the Rockes. Lewis wanted to trade for horses.
  • Idaho

    Idaho
    The starving people came near to what is now Weippe Idaho. They got to the tribe of the Nez Perce.
  • Fort Clatsop

    Fort Clatsop
    Once they got to the ocean, all of them desided to make a fort for the winter. They stayed on the Clatsop Indian side of the river.
  • Fort Clatsop

    Fort Clatsop
    After the winter they gave the Clatsop Indians the fort and went home.
  • Shoshone helping the corps

    Shoshone helping the corps
    On their return back, the Nez Perce guided them. Five Nez Perce Indians helped them over the Rockies. Lewis and Clark both said that with out the guides they would have not found their way.
  • lewis killed an indian

    lewis killed an indian
    The Blackfeet tried to steal arms from the corps. Lewis stabbed one of the indians in the heart who then died 15 steps away. Then they tried to steal the horses.