Why were Lewis and Clark looking for the Shoshone?
In August 1805 Lewis and Clark were looking for the Shoshone Indians. The Corps (Lewis and Clark's expedition party) needed horses to cross the Rockies and the Shoshone had them. Sacagawea, a member of the Corps, was Shoshone, but she had been kidnapped by another tribe many years before.
What Native American tribes did Lewis and Clark meet?
Native American Encounters. Most of the land Lewis and Clark surveyed was already occupied by Native Americans. In fact, the Corps encountered around 50 Native American tribes including the Shoshone, the Mandan, the Minitari, the Blackfeet, the Chinook and the Sioux.
Why did Lewis and Clark meet Toussaint Charbonneau?
While at Fort Mandan, Lewis and Clark met French-Canadian trapper Toussaint Charbonneau and hired him as an interpreter. They allowed his pregnant Shoshone Indian wife Sacagawea to join him on the expedition. Sacagawea had been kidnapped by Hidatsa Indians at age 12 and then sold to Charbonneau.
How many Mandan women did Lewis and Clark encounter?
One young member of the Corps of Discovery was offered four Mandan women in a single night. Clark's black slave, York, was even more magical to them. The Indians Lewis and Clark encountered had never seen a black man. York made out like a bandit.
What river did Lewis and Clark use?
On August 18, Clark, accompanied by one-third of the Corps of Discovery and a handful of Indians, started back in the direction of Lewis's River, now known as the Salmon River. They had acquired two horses, and they optimistically brought a number of axes, intending to build canoes if they determined the river could be navigated.
When did Lewis and Clark go to the Lemhi Pass?
This was not good news. By midday on August 15 , Lewis and his party, escorted by Chief Cameahwait and a small band of warriors, traveled over the Lemhi Pass, moving toward the prearranged campsite and their reunion with Clark.
What river did Clark cross?
Clark crossed the Lemhi Pass on August 19 and hired an old Indian guide by the name of Toby. They proceeded down the Lemhi and Salmon Rivers and, on August 22, they arrived at the north fork. Here, Toby described a route over the mountains leading to the mighty Missouri. Clark continued down the Salmon, and on August 24, concluded that the Indians were correct—the river could not be navigated.
How many miles did Lewis and Clark travel on August 26?
They traveled just six miles on this day. On August 26, Lewis arrived on the Lemhi River, where he met Colter and received Clark's letter.
Why did Meriwether Lewis leave the Missouri?
Meriwether Lewis and three other men, Drouillard, Shields, and McNeal, had left by land in an attempt to locate the Shoshone Indians. They were certain they would need horses to begin what they thought would be a short portage from the headwaters of the Missouri to a river they could successfully navigate to the Pacific Ocean.
What river did the Corps of Discovery push up?
Shoshone. On August 9, the members of the Corps of Discovery were rigorously pushing and pulling their canoes up the Jefferson River, the section now known as the Beaverhead. They were just a few miles above modern-day Ruby Creek. Meriwether Lewis and three other men, Drouillard, Shields, and McNeal, had left by land in an attempt to locate ...
Why was Lewis and Clark detained?
On September 18, Lewis and the remaining party members were detained because of a missing horse which, regrettably, was never recovered. They followed the same route Clark had taken, camped somewhere between Bald Mountain and No-see-um Meadows on the ridge, then descended into a steep ravine to collect fresh water.
Why did Lewis and Clark want to negotiate the acquisition of horses?
Lewis and Clark were hopeful they could negotiate the acquisition of horses so the quest through the mountains could continue. When negotiations began, the Shoshone chief, Cameahwait recognized Sacagawea as his sister! The negotiations turned out to be successful.
What did Lewis do to find the horses?
Negotiations for Horses. Lewis decided to scout ahead on land with three men in the hopes of finding the tribe and their horses. Upon crossing Lemhi Pass (on the present-day border between Montana and Idaho), Lewis expected to see the passage that had tantalized explorers since the 1500's -the Northwest Passage.
When did Sacagawea see Beaverhead Rock?
On August 8, 1805, Sacagawea spotted Beaverhead Rock and informed Lewis and Clark that they were near the headwaters of the Missouri River and the location of Shoshone tribe.
What river did Lewis and Clark take in 1805?
Sacagawea is Home. In July of 1805, Lewis, Clark and the Corps of Discovery sailed west toward the mountains until they came to the three forks of the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark named them the Gallatin, the Madison, and the Jefferson. The Corps decided that taking the Jefferson fork was the best course of action, ...
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Did you know that men of the native tribes that Lewis and Clark encountered frequently offered their wives and daughters to the whites?
There's nothing like a little sex to cement relationships among different cultures. In fact there was a lot of sex, and the offers had nothing to do with fellowship among men.
Did you know that the Corps of Discovery frequently ate dogs?
Puppy chops haven't made it into any of the recent cookbooks offering recipes from the Lewis and Clark expedition, but the Indians ate dogs and so did the members of the expedition when nothing else was available.
Did you know that Sacagawea did not serve as an official expedition guide?
Did you also know that there are reportedly more statues of Sacagawea in the United States than of any other woman? Everybody on the expedition apparently liked and admired her. She was cool in a crisis and helpful in identifying edible greens and roots in the High Plains. They called her Janey, and Clark was so fond of her he offered to educate her little boy, and did.
Did you know that the lash was the common punishment on the expedition for infractions?
After the Corps had spent the winter in the Mandan villages discipline problems more or less disappeared, but on the way up the lower Missouri during the expedition's first summer three men had to be punished— one for "mutinous expression," another for attempted desertion, and a third for sleeping on guard duty.
Did you know that Lewis and Clark got lost?
But beyond the Mandan villages they had only information gleaned from Mandan informants who knew the country.
Did you know that by the end of the nineteenth century Lewis and Clark were almost forgotten?
It's true. Until the late 1800s the original journals lay unnoticed in the American Philosophical Society's library in Philadelphia. They had never been published in their original form.
Why did National Geographic publish a new abridgement of the journal?
When the National Geographic Society decided to put out a new abridgement of the Journals, the first order of business was to correct the spelling, punctuation, and grammar to make the book more accessible to modern readers. The words are the explorers' own, but now we can read them.
