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Nicknamed "Pompey". Was the baby boy of Sacagawea and her fur trading husband. Helped them reach the Pacific Ocean.
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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
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baby
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The friendliest of the Native Americans encountered by the Corps of Discovery. Helped them reach the Pacicic Ocean
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Nez Perce Indians
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you got something on your NozE
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A man of many skills. Was the best hunter, scout, woodsman, and interpreter of sign language
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George Drouillard
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not married to Sacgawea
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The Arikara Indians nicknamed him, "Big Medison" suspecting the black slave to have spiritual powers. Childhood companion of William Clark.
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York
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not a SGT.
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Another name for dried fuffalo meat. Pounded down and able to keep for several years.
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Pemmicam
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Brand name
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Another name given for the Lewis and Clark Expedition and its 28 month and nearly 8000 mile journey.
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Corps of Discovery
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yeah
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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.
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Louisiana Purchase
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nice deal
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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.
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The Rocky Mountains
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got some Pemmicam?
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The name of the Indian tribe and the second winter encampment along the Pacific Ocean beginning in Decembver of 1805.
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Fort Clatsop
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got Ketchup
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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.
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Toussaint Charbonneau
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not Jean
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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.
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The Buffalo
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that was close!!!
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A very dangerous Indian tribe to navigate around on the Misssouri River. All out war nearly broke out. Chief Black Buffalo prevented the attack.
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Teton Sioux
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Sioux means enemy in other native languages
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The only member of the expedition to die. Appendix ruptured near Sioux City, Iowa, on August 20, 1804.
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Sgt. Charles Floyd
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sorry
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This French military dictator sold the Louisiana Territory to President Jefferson and the United States for $15 million in 1803.
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Napoleon Bonapaarte
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not a good mocve
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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.
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Camp River Dubois
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starting point
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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)
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Great Falls, Montana
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cool
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The Third President of the United States. Organizer of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Washington....Adams...Dec of Ind.
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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.
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Shoshine Indians
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Cameahwait was a chief
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Massive tributary of the Mississippi River. Traveling against its current was a major problem for the expedition.
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Missouri River
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yes it was!!!
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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.
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Meriwether Lewis
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killed on his way to Wash.D.C
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Co-leader of the expedition know for his military leadership, joural writings, and map-makeing abilities, Deeply respected by the group.
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William Clark
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brother of George Rogers Clark
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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.
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Manifest Destiny
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it happened
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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.
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Mandan Indians
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Fort Mandan
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These massive creatures showed no fear of human beings, Encountered some over a thousand pounds and were very difficult to hunt down.
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The Grizzly Bear
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rahhhhhh
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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.
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Sacagawea
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Not her HER
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