Lewis and Clark
1804-1806
Linda Harris TTL-Para Parkston, SD
Lewis and Clark leave St. Louis in May of 1804
1st official meeting of whites and western Indian tribes at Council Bluffs in 1804
The only casualty on the entire trip
August – October 1804
Lewis and Clark met The Indian tribes of South Dakota The Yanktons were Hunters and traders Who lived near Gavins Point Dam
Lewis and Clark met the Lakota, or Teton,
Indians in central South Dakota
The Arikaras were a farming tribe who
Welcomed Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804
In a Mandan Indian village
Sacagawea and her infant son Pomp were
Guides for Lewis and Clark on their journey
west
June 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri River
Lemhi Pass August 1805
No river leading to the
Pacific Ocean
In Idaho Lewis and Clark Met the Shoshone Indians
Sacagawea is the sister of the chief
The explorers buy horses to cross the
Mountains for eleven days
The Nez Perce teach Lewis and Clark to make
Canoes from logs to speed down the Snake
And Columbia Rivers toward the ocean
Mt. Hood
Pacific Ocean ahead!
Fort Clatsop Winter of 1805
Pompy’s Pillar is named for
Sacagawea’s son
July 1806
In the only battle of the whole
Expedition, two Blackfeet warriors are killed
Sacagawea says good-bye in August 1806
Lewis and Clark arrived back in St. Louis on September 23, 1806 To a hero’s welcome
Lewis and Clark are remembered today •Statues
•Books
•Parades
•Reenactments
•Trail Markers
•Celebrations •Museums
Pictures taken from:
•www.altavista.com/image/default •www.sd4history.com Timeline guide taken from:
•www.sd4history.com
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