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Where did Lewis and Clark get horses?
From information shared by the Mandan and the Hidatsa, and probably by Sacagawea as well, Lewis and Clark learned that they would have to cross huge mountains on horseback. Their only hope of success depended upon getting the necessary horses from friendly Indians – most likely Sacagawea’s Shoshoni tribe.
When did Lewis and Clark eat their horses?
The first time this happened was on August 27th, 1804, near what is now Yankton, South Dakota.
Did Sacagawea give Lewis and Clark horses?
Sacagawea, the Shoshone interpreter and guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, gives birth to her first child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Lewis and Clark knew they would have to obtain horses from the Shoshone to cross the Continental Divide, and Sacagawea’s services as an interpreter could prove invaluable.
Did Lewis and Clark trade their weapons for horses?
At the end of the encounter with the Shoshones, Lewis had to give a battle-axe, a knife, a handkerchief, and some face paint for one horse. For a Spanish mule, the Americans had to give two knives and some clothing. Clark even had to give his own pistol, a knife and one hundred rounds of ammunition for another horse.
What was the name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.
What was the name of Lewis and Clark’s dog?
In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Seaman was the name of a Newfoundland dog, which Meriwether Lewis purchased for $20. What plants and animals did Lewis discover?
What was the name of Lewis and Clark’s son?
Old Indian traditions claim that the expedition left children behind as well. In the 1870s a blue-eyed, blond-haired Nez Perce told the Western photographer William H. Jackson that he was William Clark’s son. Did you know that the Corps of Discovery frequently ate dogs?
When did Lewis and Clark become a hero?
They had been heroes when they first returned from the West, but over the intervening century the American public had lost touch with the memory of their exploits. Not until Reuben Gold Thwaites edited and published the original journals in 1904-6 did their reputation begin to recover.