Lewis & Clark
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Lewis and Clark went on this expedition because much of the land west of the Mississippi was unknown to the Americans.
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Lewis and Clark started in St. Louis, Missouri. Three boats carried four dozen members of the expedition. Lewis and Clark recorded their data in great detail.
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Shortly before winter the expedition reached the homeland of the Mandans, a Native American nation located in what is now North Dakota.
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The next spring, April 1805 the expedition se out for the Rocky Mountains. They had a new guide and interpreter, a Shoshone woman named Sacajawea.
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When they reached the black hills, the landscape changed from flatlands to hills. They encountered squirrels, prairie dogs and other animals.
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The explorers lost many horses with supplies. They had to face the current of the Missouri River.
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The expedition fully satisfied Jefferson's hopes. They did not find an all water route across North America.
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