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The Start of it All
William Clark and Meriwether Lewis join forces and begin to make their way up the Missouri River. Clark made maps of the route they were taking while Lewis studied the outside world off the boat, Seeing animals, plants and rock formations. Both looked for Indians. -
Friendly Relations Failed
Lewis and Clark were greeted by the Teton Sioux with gifts. However, when one of the Teton chiefs asked for a boat from them to pay for their price of passing things got interesting. The Indians became threatening and Clark drew his sword while Lewis pointed the gun from the boat at them. -
Grizzly Encounter
Lewis and Clark were both warned by the Indians to stay clear from the grizzlies. However, Lewis believed that he could defeat anything with his rifle. On this day, Lewis shot at many of these grizzlies wounding one and driving the other one crazy. They charged at him for 80 yards before they killed it. -
North or South?
On this day Lewis and Clark reached a fork in the river. Both believed the southern branch was the right route to remain on the Missouri however, the rest of the men believed that the northern branch was the right choice. Due to the controversy Lewis took 3 of his men down the southern branch to identify which way was right. -
The First Sighting
Down the southern branch with his three men and Lewis came upon the Great Falls of the Missouri River. Meriwether Lewis on that day became the first white man to ever lay eyes on the Great Falls. -
Meet the Translator's Brother
As Lewis studied the outside world he saw a man riding on horseback. It was the first Indian that they have found since Fort Mandan, and the Indian was a Shoshone. The Shoshone introduced Lewis and Clark to his chief; who happened to be Sacagawea's brother. They used Sacagawea in this encounter to bargain for horses from the chief. -
The Pacific
As Clark reached a colossal body of water he believed that he had reached the Pacific Ocean. He eagerly wrote in his journal "Ocian in view! O! the joy!". Little did he know that they were actually still 20 miles away from the coast, putting them at the estuary of Colombia. -
Heading Out
Lewis and Clark decided they were ready to head back home on this day. They began to fill their dugouts with everything needed for this departure. In order to depart however, they had to buy another dugout from the local Indians and stole a fifth from the nearest village. -
Traveling the Colombia
After the decision to head home. The next day they headed out. On this day they began to travel up the Colombia River fighting the heavy current. However, after several attempts from the Indians trying to steal the crews supplies the Indians became a threat to the crew. -
Reaching St. Louis
At noon Lewis and Clark along with their men reached St. Louis. At the shore gathered all the people of St. Louis who were welcoming their heroes home. They were greeted with gunfire salutes as well as the eagerness to see them.
