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The Corps of Discover sets out on there expedition from Camp Dubois near St. Louis.
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This is when the only death in the whole expedition occured. After battling with illness, Sergeant Charles Floyd dies. Floyd's Bluff and Floyd's River is named after him.
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French Canadian fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau is hired as a translatior by Lewis & Clark. He is joined by his Shoshone wife Sacagawea. Her guidance and prescence throughout the exploration prooved to be very important. She was only 15 when she joined the expedition.
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The expedition comes to a fork in the river. Lewis and Clark are the only ones who believe the south fork will continue on as the Missouri River. The rest of the crew thinks otherwise. They travel the south fork, fortunatly the captains are correct.
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The crew encounters the Great Falls. This left them all very discoraged because it meant that the Northwest Passage does not exist. It will take them about a month to get around the Great Falls.
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The expedition crew meets a band of Shoshone hunters to hunt the bison in western Montana. Sacagawea recognizes the leader as her brother. They provide the corps with horses.
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Clark believes the corps have finally reached the Pacific Ocean. They were actually in the estuary of Colombia. The corps will stay the winter here at Fort Clatsop.
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Lewis' group encounters eight Blackfeet men who they kill when they catch them attempting to steal their riffles. They run away in fear of retaliation from the others.
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Lewis and Clark's party finally unite at the mouth of the Yellowstone River.
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The corps finally arrive in St. Louis. Although they did not find the Northwest Passage, they were very successful in Jefferson's initial hope: to extend the United States from coast to coast.
