When Lewis and Clark wintered at the present site of Bismarck, North Dakota, there they met Sacagawea and her husband in 1804. Toussaint Charbonneau was interviewed to interpret Hidatsa for the Lewis and Clark expedition, but Lewis and Clark (esp. Clark) were not overly impressed with him. However, Sacagawea his wife spoke Shoshone and Hidatsa, so they hired Charbonneau on November 4,1804 and he and Sacagawea moved into Fort Mandan a week later. Sacagawea was 16 or 17 at this time.
Lewis and Clark met Sacagawea on November 4, 1804. She joined their expedition as an interpreter and guide, playing a crucial role in their journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Sacajawea met Lewis and Clark in November 1804 when they arrived at the Mandan villages in present-day North Dakota. She and her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, were hired as interpreters and guides for the expedition.
Lewis and Clark found bearberry along the Clearwater River in present-day Idaho in the fall of 1805 during their expedition to explore the western United States.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was also known as the Corps of Discovery expedition. It was an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from 1804 to 1806 to explore the western territories acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark met in the U.S. Army, where they were both serving under the command of General William Clark. They later partnered for their famous expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory.
Lewis and Clark named their fort Fort Mandan after the Mandan Native American tribe that inhabited the region where the fort was located along the Missouri River in present-day North Dakota.
day 3 from destination.
The first entry in the Lewis and Clark Expedition Journals state that the journey began in Pittsburgh, PA on August 30, 1803. Lewis, who had been assigned by Jefferson sailed down the Ohio River with supplies towards St. Louis. William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). They then named their team the "Corps of Discovery."
About 15 miles per day
1804 i think
it ended in 1806
it ended in 1806
They were called the "Corps of Discovery", but this was only after Clark joined Lewis at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana).
Sacajawea met Lewis and Clark in November 1804 when they arrived at the Mandan villages in present-day North Dakota. She and her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, were hired as interpreters and guides for the expedition.
They returned on September 23, 1806.
October 10, 1805
On May 21, 1805.
The Missouri River and the Mississippi River met at the starting point of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Lewis and Clark began their journey near present-day St. Louis, where these two rivers converge.