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Louisiana Purchase
West part of North America is purchased by America from France.
After the French and Indian War, France surrendered to claim the land of west of the America, and Spain and England owned the west territory. However, in 1799, Napoleon fought to get the land back and owned by France again.
(Orange part shows the land the America bought.)
(Gruet, Brice. "Cadillac N’est Pas Qu’une Voiture…." Geographica. Geographers, 23 Apr. 2014. Web. 18 Jan. 2)
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Camp Wood for the Expedition
During Fall and winter of 1803, they built Camp Wood for the Team 'Corps of discovery' in Illinois.
(Picture of the camp for the corps, where they train themselves.)
("Gallery Images For (Camp Wood Lewis And Clark)..." Imgarcade.com. WWW.IMGARCADE.COM, n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2016.) -
Starting the Journey from Missouri
They left Camp Wood and started the journey from the Missouri River.
(Picture of Missouri River & Lewis and Clark, when they started the Journey. Missouri River is the longest river in entire USA.)
(Ponce, Victor M. "The Source of the Missouri River." Hell Roaring Creek. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2016. ) -
New Tribe near the Missouri
They met a new tribe near villages of Hidatsa and Mandan. Their speciality was buffalo hunting. They lived near the Missouri river, in North Dakota.
(Picture not specifically describing the tribe, but showing how buffalo hunting was like in 1800s)
(Weiser, Kathy. "Buffalo Hunters in the Old West." Legends of America. Legends of America, Apr. 2015. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.) -
First meet with Sacagawea
Lewis and Clark met French-Canadian Fur trader and decided to travel together also with Sacagawea, the 16 years old Native American, who knows about the west side very well.
(Picture of statue of Sacagawea and her son)
(Alexander, Alma. "Disappearing Words." Alma Alexander Duchess of Fantasy. N.p., 30 Apr. 2014. Web. 14 Jan. 2016.) -
Sacagawea's son's birth
Sacagawea was pregnant when she was helping them with the trip, and on February 11, she gave birth to her son Jean Baptiste with help of Lewis. He was also called as Pompy as his nickname, which was named by Clark.
(Picture of Sacagawea holding her son on the back)
("Lewis and Clark." OnTheRoad Inc., 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.) -
Found 3 forks of Missouri
They named each fork, Jefferson (president), Gallatin (Secretary of Treasury) and Madison (Secretary of State).
(Picture of the three forks and how they named each fork)
("Sept.12." In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark. Clarkandlewis, n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.) -
Arrived in Shoshone Camp
The explorers needed horses and very luckily, Sacagawea found long lost brother in the Lemhi Shoshone tribe, where Sacagawea's brother Cameahwait is living as chief. The tribe also provided good resting places and good food to eat including horses.
(Picture of the Shoshone camp in mid 1800s)
("Plains Indians and the American Buffalo." (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.) -
Reaches Columbia River
The last way to Pacific, the expedition almost ending.
(Picture of the explorers sailing the last water way to finish their expedition to the west.)
(Timperman, T. "Social Forces in the Pacific Northwest (1700-1900) Timeline." Timetoast. Timetoast, n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2016.) -
Finally Reached the Pacific Ocean
They reached the west side, ending their expedition. However, they have to go back all the way back.
(The map showing where they traveled through.)
(Vazquez, Juan. "Lewis and Clark." Emaze Presentations. Emaze, n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2016.)
