Lewis and Clark Expedition

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark 

I have learnt about Lewis and Clark expedition on October 1804. 

1 October  1804 - the expeditions move up the Missouri and find indian tribe shaman.

4 October  1804 - discovering new island and new village.

5 October  1804 -  frosty morning

6 October  1804 - great fall, expedition had observed for the birds that flew in warmer climes

7 October  1804 - meeting with large bear.

8 October  1804 - stumbled upon a village where was living trieb Arikara.

11 October  1804 - сaptain met with сhief of the trieb and  they had a breakfast together.

12 October  1804 - court martial of John Newman.

15 October  1804 - Lewis and Clark and their party camped somewhere near the island seen at upper right. For the past two weeks they had been in the homeland of the Arikara, or Sahnish, people, who lived in earth lodges and raised corn, beans, pumpkins, watermelons, squashes, and mild Indian tobacco.

16 October  1804 - сaptain speak with one's сhief of the indian trieb about traditions and fears.

20 October  1804 - the expeditions first encounter with a grizzly or “White bear,” and that day Clark saw several fresh track of those animals which is 3 times as large as a mans track. Lewis’s short entry for the day recounted the misadventures of Pierre Cruzatte, who ran afoul of one of each. 

21 October  1804 - very cold day, they were near villages of Mandan in North Dakota. 

22 October  1804 - discovering new villages, health problem - rheumatism.

25 October  1804 - the expeditions make capm near Mandan's villages

26 October  1804 - friendly tribe Mandan; big welcome from the corps

27 October  1804 - the expeditions move up the Missouri and visited 2  mandan's villages.

28 October  1804 - windy day, captains moving across villages.

29 October  1804 - conversation with the chief, fire on the prairie.

You can also read more about history of North Dakota here: http://www2.thingstodo.com/states/ND/history.htm#.ULJ3u-TtTSk

Find some interesting information about Lewis and Clark Expedition here: http://history-world.org/lewisand%20clark.htm

On this site you can watch videos about this expedition: http://www.history.com/videos/lewis--clark-expedition-charts-new-territory#the-mayflower