Nimrod Expedition

Sacagawea Sacagawea, Sacajawea, or Sakakawa was her name. She was a major contribution in one of America’s famous expeditions, and the only women of 33 who were in the group. “Corps of Discovery,” is what many called the westward expedition of the United States. Sacagawea now symbolizes U.S culture and female strength. Daughter of a Shoshone chief, Sacagawea was born in 1788 in Lemhi County, Idaho. Unfortunately most of her early years remains a mystery. At the young age of twelve she was…

Today is the day we travel on the trail to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis is the leader of this expedition and William Clark is his companion on the expedition. Thomas Jefferson wanted them to find a trail that leads to the Pacific Ocean. On May 21, 1804 we started our journey. We traveled to the Louisiana territory. On our journey we came across some coyotes. They are so beautiful, they have grizzled gray or orangish gray above with buff underparts. They have long rusty or yellowish…

Bierstadt’s art was also influenced throughout his life by his interest in photography, which was initiated by his partnership with Peter Fales during their time on expeditions. On Bierstadt’s first Western trip, from April to November of 1859, Bierstadt accompanied Col. Frederick W. Lander, who was leading a U.S. government expedition to explore the Overland Trail with the idea to improving the passage to the West through the Rocky Mountains. In Col. Lander's official report, the group of…

Sacagawea Introduction Sacajawea is important is US history because she helped with the Lewis and Clark expedition called the Corps of Discovery. She helped with translating with the Native American tribes, identifying plants and geography, and saving valuable journals, instruments, and medicines when a boat tipped over. It was a sign that the Corp of Discovery was a peaceful group to other tribes since they brought along a woman and especially a woman, Sacagawea, and her baby, Jean Baptiste.…

Reaching the Pacific ocean after a year of discovery was an accomplishment known historically around the world. Our team was brave enough to explore unknown territory, determined enough to travel 8,000 miles, clever enough to perfect cartography, and bold enough to lead almost 30 other men across the continent. I am Meriwether Lewis, and I am William Clark. I was born on August 1, 1770, in Caroline County, Virginia. I later became in charge of a rifle company where I began my adult life and…

At the point when Thomas Jefferson utilized the youthful warrior Meriwether Lewis as his live-in secretary in 1801, he anon perceived in him the man to lead a campaign into the Louisiana Territory, which Jefferson would anon buy from France, and past to the mouth of the Columbia River on the Pacific coast. Jefferson's aspirations were sundry: logical information of a consummately obscure district, control of affluent exchange courses, and political command. To integrate to Lewis' experience of…

Where does buck live at the beginning of the story? Buck lives in a very nice house with a judge and his family. Who is Buck’s master at the beginning of the story? Buck’s master is the judge. Describe Buck’s live at the beginning of the story. In the beginning, Buck has it made. He has food, water, and a family that loves him. What year is it when the story begins? In the beginning, it is 1897. Why are men traveling north? Men are traveling north because of the California Gold Rush. Where,…

The first encounter with Euro-Americans for the Walla Wallas was the Lewis and Clark Expedition. First meeting in 1805, the Americans promised to Walla Walla chief Yellepit they would visit with the people after seeing the Pacific Ocean. The party returned in April 1806 and stayed at Yellepit's village, located on the Columbia River near the mouth of the Walla Walla River.[2] During a transaction Yellepit presented Clark with a white horse in return for a copper kettle. The Americans had none in…

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Journal Summary, Over this long trip, I have experienced more things than any man will experience in his life. I travelled with Captain Meriwether Lewis, Captain William Clark, and four dozen other men. We came across native american tribes and treated very well by them. We traded with the tribes, expanded trading routes, and invited tribe representatives to Washington D.C. Also, if it was not for Sacagawea, we would not have returned home to greet our families. Before the trip started, we…