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Nicknamed "Pompey". Was the baby boy of Sacagawea and her fur trading husband. Helped them reach the Pacific Ocean.
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
baby
The friendliest of the Native Americans encountered by the Corps of Discovery. Helped them reach the Pacicic Ocean
Nez Perce Indians
you got something on your NozE
A man of many skills. Was the best hunter, scout, woodsman, and interpreter of sign language
George Drouillard
not married to Sacgawea
The Arikara Indians nicknamed him, "Big Medison" suspecting the black slave to have spiritual powers. Childhood companion of William Clark.
York
not a SGT.
Another name for dried fuffalo meat. Pounded down and able to keep for several years.
Pemmicam
Brand name
Another name given for the Lewis and Clark Expedition and its 28 month and nearly 8000 mile journey.
Corps of Discovery
yeah
This was paid for by the United States and President Thomas Jefferson for the sum of $15 million dollars. Doubled the size of our country.
Louisiana Purchase
nice deal
These were also called the Bitterroot Mountains. Took the expedition nearly 11 days to cross and starvation became a major problem. September 11-22,1805.
The Rocky Mountains
got some Pemmicam?
The name of the Indian tribe and the second winter encampment along the Pacific Ocean beginning in Decembver of 1805.
Fort Clatsop
got Ketchup
The French fur trading husband of Sacagawea. Purchased or won her in a gambling match. Was not a good boatman; but was a good cook.
Toussaint Charbonneau
not Jean
60 million of these roaming on the Great Plains around the late 1700's or early 1800's. Reduced to around 300 by the year 1900. Presently about 250,000.
The Buffalo
that was close!!!
A very dangerous Indian tribe to navigate around on the Misssouri River. All out war nearly broke out. Chief Black Buffalo prevented the attack.
Teton Sioux
Sioux means enemy in other native languages
The only member of the expedition to die. Appendix ruptured near Sioux City, Iowa, on August 20, 1804.
Sgt. Charles Floyd
sorry
This French military dictator sold the Louisiana Territory to President Jefferson and the United States for $15 million in 1803.
Napoleon Bonapaarte
not a good mocve
This was also known as Camp Wood near present day St. Louis on Illinois side of the Mississippi River. The expedition left from here on May 14, 1804.
Camp River Dubois
starting point
Meriwether Lewis called this spot "the grandest sight he ever beheld". It took the group nearly a month to portage around this obstacle (June 1805)
Great Falls, Montana
cool
The Third President of the United States. Organizer of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Thomas Jefferson
Washington....Adams...Dec of Ind.
Sacagawea was a member of this tribe of Indians. She was taken from them at age 12 by a raiding tribe of Hidatsa Indians. Her brother was a chief.
Shoshine Indians
Cameahwait was a chief
Massive tributary of the Mississippi River. Traveling against its current was a major problem for the expedition.
Missouri River
yes it was!!!
A moody and often depressed private secretary of President Jefferson chosen to a co-leader of the expedition, Keeper of journals, experiments, scientist, and artist.
Meriwether Lewis
killed on his way to Wash.D.C
Co-leader of the expedition know for his military leadership, joural writings, and map-makeing abilities, Deeply respected by the group.
William Clark
brother of George Rogers Clark
The belief of Americans that it was our country's God given right to explore, conquer, and settle the lands west to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
it happened
The Indian tribe which allowed the expedition to spend its first winter among its lands and lodges in North Dakota. A fort was build there in October of 1804.
Mandan Indians
Fort Mandan
These massive creatures showed no fear of human beings, Encountered some over a thousand pounds and were very difficult to hunt down.
The Grizzly Bear
rahhhhhh
16 year old Indian woman with young child who guided the expedition through many Native American Tribes and their lands. Main interpreter of various Indian languages encountered.
Sacagawea
Not her HER