Mandan

Lewis and Clark decided to build a shelter called Fort Mandan for the winter. They met Charbonneau and insisted for him to come. They then took along Sacagawea because of her knowledge of the Shoshone culture and language. They became part of the interpreter team. If a Shoshone tribe was encountered, Sacagawea…

During their journey Lewis and Clark were able to stumble upon the Mandan Indian tribe. The Mandan Indian tribe was the home to a French Trader Toussaint Charbonneau who had two shoshone wives, one of which's name was Sacagawea who was 17 years old and was a few weeks away from delivering a child. Charbonneau greeted Lewis and Clark who were at the time building Fort Mandan. they presented them with four ceremonial buffalo robes as a welcome gift. After only 2 months…

and complications she had. Sacagawea was even said to do more for the expedition than her husband. “If it weren’t for Sacagawea, I’m sure the captains would have sent Charbonneau back to the Mandan Village… .” (Smith 104) Sacagawea was a young Shoshone Indian girl who was captured from her village by the Mandan/Hidatsa indians when she was twelve years old. (The Biography 1) She was then sold to a French fur trader named Toussaint Charbonneau. He later made Sacagawea his wife. She had a…

After coming back from the bizarre trip to Fort Mandan I was sent with three other to transport some buffalo meat that was stored away downriver. We then headed down river on the ice with two sleighs, three horses, and a young horse to where the hunting team stores the meat in log cribs, which was meant…

Jefferson and many other leaders were unsure of how to deal with african americans and indians. His Indian Policy was different depending on who he was talking to. This is shown through his letters to the governor of the Indiana Territory and to the Mandan Nation. While writing to the governor, Jefferson states that the people should be familiar with agriculture and to spinning and weaving. He goes on to say that he wants this letter to be private and friendly. When writing…

Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson initiated an exploration of the newly purchased land and the territory in the West. Jefferson selected Meriwether Lewis, his personal secretary at the time, to lead the Expedition; Lewis in turn sought the help of William Clark, who was an adept frontiersman. Jefferson’s objective was for the men and their team (Corps of Discovery), to find a water route linking the Columbia and Missouri rivers, which could potentially connect…

and make friends with the Indians. President Jefferson gave us instructions to travel along the Missouri River and find a waterway to the Pacific. Our expedition started out on the 4th of July in 1804. As we explored, we came across villages of the Mandan and Hidatsas Indians. This is where we met Sacagawea, she was a very helpful guide as she joined us in our exploration to find the pacific. After the awful winter, we were able to continue our journey westward. We started to lose resources and…

In the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Louisiana territory was the last remaining obstacle for U.S. expansion against the British. But suddenly, America had a new problem: France. During his reign as the French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte controlled the Louisiana territory and he wasn’t planning on giving it up, however, he eventually had to abandon his imperial plans in America. His attention shifted to a French colony that was revolting in Haiti, led by François Dominique Toussaint,…

Westward Expansion: Lewis and Clark You have probably heard of the Lewis and Clark expedition. this expedition was very hard and difficult in many ways.they faced many hardships, but in the end they succeeded and changed the life of the united states as we know it.according to national geographic “Lewis Clark Great Journey West”,”to survive was the equivalent in it’s day of a journey to the moon” When president Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition out to the rocky mountains.…

Pacific bound party, Privates Moses Reed and John Newman, were dismissed before the explorers reached Fort Mandan. Reed was convicted for desertion, and Newman for ‘mutinous acts.’ Stiff sentences, including ‘100 lashes on [Newman’s] bare back’ were imposed through trials by court martial proceedings. Due to the remote, wilderness places of their crimes, both remained with the party over the Fort Mandan winter, doing hard labor. They were sent downriver aboard the keelboat in the spring of…