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Clark is born
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Lewis is born
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Lewis is asked by President Jefferson to be his personal secretary
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Camp wood estabilished upstream from St. Lewis in Fall/Winter
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Expedition begins
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Men try to drown a never before seen prarie dog out of its hole
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Lewis and Clark meet Sacagawea
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Sacagawea has a baby boy
Sacagawea's son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau—nicknamed Pompy by Clark—is born with assistance from Lewis. -
They run out of tobaco
The expedition runs out of tobacco. They had run out of their whiskey ration the previous fourth of July. -
Lewis finds a grizzly bear never before described by scientists
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lark names the Judith River
Clark names the Judith River in honor of a girl back in Virginia he hopes to marry. -
Lewis' 31st birthday
Lewis' celebrates his 31st birthday and vows "in future, to live for mankind as I have heretofore lived only for myself." -
They reach the Columbia River
The expedition reaches the Columbia River, the last waterway to the Pacific Ocean. -
Clark thinks he sees the ocean
Clark, who believes he can see the ocean writes his most famous journal entry: "Ocian in view! O! the joy." The expedition is actually still 20 miles from the sea. Terrible storms halt the expedition for nearly 3 weeks. -
Lewis and Clark reach St. Lewis