Lewis and clark discoveries
Lewis and clark discoveriesTHE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION
The Lewis and Clark Expedition were an important journey and a foundation of the creation of the United States. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on the exploration of the land gained by the Louisiana Purchase on May 1804. Lewis and Clark did not want was ahead on their long journey.
I believe that the journey they made would not have been as successful without the help of the Indian tribes they met along the way. Also without the help of the French Canadian translator's wife, Sacajewa, the journey would have been a failure. She was a Shoshone Indian and helped the party as an interpreter and peacemaker, she also proved instrumental in negotiating for horses and supplies along the way.
Also two other tribes met along the way by the party were the Shoshone and Mandans. Lewis and his crew spent a winter with the Mandans and learned to survive in the cold weather by learning to make...
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