Good Lewis And Clark Expedition Slide Show
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The corps traveled by horse. They also built canoes during their time, after they crossed the Rockies. They traveled through an area now known as Montana.
One thing they struggled with was snow as they traversed through the mountains.
They met a group of Flathead Indians, whom they bought more horses from. This helped them prepare for their treck across the Bitterroot Mountains. Crossing them almost ended the expedition.
They struggled with starvation. As Clark wrote, "We Have nothing to eat but roots, which give the men violent pains after eating much of them... I walked out with my gun on the hills which was very steep and high, could kill nothing... Provisions all out, which compels us to kill on of our horses to eat."
This problem continues until they saw the Nez Perce, who traded food with them.
On October 7th, they broke camp and started down towards the river.
One thing that they found during this time was a Ponderosa Pine. This was a new, unknown species at the time.
Photo by Ed Suominen
An animal that they found during their travels was Franklin's spruce grouse. This bird was also unknown at the time.
Photo by musubk
The corps traveled by boat along the Clearwater river. They traveled through present day Montana, Idaho, Washington, and parts of Oregon. They arrived at the snake River on October 10. The corps traded with Indians and headed down the Columbia River, As Clark states," I took two men in a small canoe and ascended the Columbia River ten miles to an island... On which two large mat lodges of Indians were drying salmon (as they informed me by signs for the purpose of food and fuel)." the group of Indians that they traded with another large group of Nez Perce.
The troops then proceeded to travel to one of the roughest spots in the cascades, the last mountain range left in the trek to the Pacific Ocean. On November 7, the corps thought they had arrived at the pacific, but it was just a false alarm. The still had 20 miles to go, unfortunately. Pacific storms pestered the group for three weeks, but in the middle of November, the group made it to the Pacific Ocean.
One plant that the corps found was a prickly pear cactus, located in the Arizona desert.
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One animal that the corps found on the expedition was the harbor seal, Primarily found in the Pacific Ocean.
Photo by Sergey Gabdurakhmanov
