A team led by Lewis and Clark made the first overland expedition undertaken by the United States to the Pacific coast and back.
DECEMBER 8–9, 1803
Lewis and Clark arrive in St. Louis and decide to set up
camp for the winter on the east bank of the Mississippi
River. At Camp Dubois, they recruit more soldiers, train
them, and stock up on supplies
OCTOBER 26, 1804
The Expedition arrives at the earth-lodge villages of the
Mandan and Hidatsa tribes, near present-day Bismarck,
North Dakota. With 4,500 inhabitants, the villages have a
greater population than St. Louis.
NOVEMBER 4, 1804
Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian trapper
living with the Hidatsas, is hired to be an interpreter
for the Expedition.
MAY 14, 1804
The Expedition sets off on its voyage up the Missouri
River in the big keelboat and two smaller pirogues
JANUARY 18, 1803
President Thomas Jefferson sends a secret letter to
Congress asking for $2,500 to finance an expedition to
explore the Missouri River. The funding is approved
February 28.
APRIL–MAY, 1803
Meriwether Lewis is sent to Philadelphia to be tutored
by some of the nation’s leading scientists (including
Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Smith Barton, Robert Patterson,
and Caspar Wistar). He also purchases supplies that will
be needed on the journey.
AUGUST 12, 1805
The shipment from Fort Mandan arrives at the President’s
House in Washington.
Lewis ascends the Lemhi Pass and looks west from the
summit, only to see more mountains.
AUGUST 17, 1805
Sacagawea is reunited with her brother, the Shoshone
chief Cameahwait, and helps negotiate for horses needed
by the Expedition to cross the Rocky Mountains.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1805
The Expedition ascends into the Bitterroot Mountains,
with Shoshone guide Old Toby leading the way.
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