The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France ($15 million at $.03 per acre) and the subsequent exploration by the Corps of Discovery is by far the most significant portion of Jefferson's life as president (at least significant in a good way). You must remember, the money he accrued from Congress to send Lewis & Clark was asked for in secret because he was not sure if he had the power to purchase this land.
As I said in class, this expedition was extremely close to Jefferson's heart. He was a naturalist (someone who studies nature) as much as he was a politician. It's kind of like Jefferson lived vicariously through Lewis & Clark. He wanted to go but he could not so he sent his friends instead. They had two main goals: document EVERYTHING they saw (nature, geography, climate, rivers, native tribes etc.) and try to find a water passage that connects the Atlantic coast with the Pacific coast. They did document all they saw but they never found the water passage (because there isn't one!).
For this week's blog two things are required of you. Spend at least thirty minutes on this website and record the 20 most interesting facts you read. Be sure to explore every link on the right side of the page EXCEPT "Classroom Resources and A Forum With Ken Burns". Those parts aren't as critical as the other sections. Then, write a 100 word response to the following question: "If you were Meriwether Lewis, what would you be the most proud of looking back on your trip once you arrived back in St. Louis in 1806?"
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ReplyDelete1.February 28, 1803 Jefferson won approval from congress.
ReplyDelete2.They took 25 hundred dollars on the trip.
3.Met about 50 Native American tribes.
4.Saw the different types of Native American lifestyle
5.They told the Natives that the land belonged to the Americans
6.Gave the Native leaders coins to be a peace medal
7.They saw animals they have never seen or heard of
8.They were warned about bears on their journey
9.Sacagawea was gambled out of her tribe.
10.She became pregnant within a few months of being gambled to Charbonneau
11.She was good at looking for food during the expedition
12.She wasn’t from the Shoshoni tribe
13.She was a teenager with a child in the expedition
14.She provided horses for the expedition
15.Whiskey was an important thing to keep the group together.
16.They lashed a man 100 times for stealing too much Whiskey from their barrel.
17.Lewis brought a dog with him throughout the expedition
18.The dog scared off a bull from the campsite
19.The Natives became more relying on trade and military after the expedition came by.
20.The group knew each other so well because of the long journey. (189)
To me if I travelled the Louisiana Purchase, the most proud thing I would be proud of would be that I actually travelled across the land and came back alive. It is difficult to see pain and the agony that he had to go through because he would have to walk every day for a long time. The thought of having to walk for miles for every day throughout a few years just sends chills down my spines. Of course at the beginning I would be excited that I get to explore across the land, but after about a week or two I would just say I give up and want to go back to the comfy home that I had. (121)
1~The Corps of Discovery had three sections: Circa 1803, To Equip an Expedition, and the Corps.
ReplyDelete2~The Corps came into contact with about 50 Native American tribes.
3~Some of the native tribes had never seen a black or white man in their lives.
4~They stayed with the Mandans at Fort Mandan.
5~There was a Newfoundland dog named Seaman on the journey.
6~Prarie dogs were discovered on this expedition.
7~They had to go through sand storms.
8~The grizzly bear sometimes takes 12 gun shots to kill it.
9~In Missouri they see buffalo, wolves, and mountain sheep.
10~The Great Falls is discovered on the trip.
11~On the 4th of July, they celebrate.
12~Each branch on the Three Forks River was named after Albert Gallatin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.
13~Lewis accumulated about 2 tons of goods using the $2,500 Congress gave him.
14~Sacagawea traveled with a baby on the expedition.
15~There were 31 other people traveling with Lewis and Clark.
16~Women in the Arikara tribe used shoulder blades of buffalo or deer as digging sticks.
17~The Blackfeet natives tried to steal the expedition's guns which led to a "mini war", killing two Blackfeet people-the first bloodshed between the western Indians and representatives of America.
18~The Chinook people only dressed below the waist, even during the winter.
19~The Hidatsa's villages were similar to the Mandan's villages.
20~The Missouri chief requested whiskey from Lewis.
There are so many things that Lewis and Clark accomplished, but I think that I would be most proud of being brave enough to explore a foreign land. I mean, that was why they were going out there in the first place-to explore. There were so many dangers out there. There were strange animals, strange people, and strange land. They had NO idea where they were going. They encountered dangerous animals like bears that could have taken their lives. They ran into Native Americans, some who had never even seen white men before and probably thought they were violent and crazy. The Indians had villages outnumbering Lewis and Clark's men, being able to kill all of them easily. They came to forks in the road (and rivers) and they had to make smart decisions as to where to go next. There were so many risks that all of the men took and I think bravery is something that you would definitely be proud of. (164 words)
1.On February 28, 1803 President Jefferson won approval with Congress about funding an expedition group.
ReplyDelete2.They gave the small expedition the amount of 2500 dollars.
3.The expedition was to search the new land west.
4.The expedition group was call the Corps of Discovery and was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
5.They traveled for four years recording their finding.
6.Three sections within it which was the corps which gave biographical info about the members, to equip on expedition provided a list of supplies they brought with them, and Circa 1803 which put a historical and political context on the expedition.
7.They came in contact with around 50 Native American tribes.
8.Some of the tribes had never seen European or African American men.
9.Some tribes knew how to speak a few words in English from European traders.
10.The captains told the Native Americans that their land belonged to the US and that Thomas Jefferson was their new “great father.”
11.They found 7 corps journals and their entries span from March 3, 1804 to September 26, 1806.
12.Did not have consistent spelling so words like mosquito are spelled 15 different ways.
13.On May 14, 1804 the expedition sets off from camp Dubois.
14.Sargent Charles Floyd was the first causality in the expedition and is thought to die from a burst appendix.
15.On April 7, 1805 they left Fort Madam where they had stayed for the winter.
16.York was the name of the African American slave that Clark brought along.
17.Sacagawea was a Shoshone Indian women who acted as a guide and interpreter for the men.
18.The Chinook Indians lived in Oregon and was skillful fishermen and planters.
19.The expedition included 31 people.
20.The Shoshone Indians were also known as the snake nation and lived in tepees and hunted buffalo. (318)
If I were them I think I would feel the most accomplished in being one of the first Americans to travel the unknown land. No one had ever settled in these parts except for Native Americans so to be one of the first Americans to see the new plants, animals, and foods that were there would have been amazing. To go as far as they did on foot not even knowing what dangers there were at every turn. If I were them that’s what I would feel accomplished in, because despite all the doubts they had they went anyways. They could have not gone and not have risk their lives just to scout out land, but they went anyways. If they hadn’t gone settlements out in the West might have not started as fast as it did either. (139)
1. $2,500 funded the trip.
ReplyDelete2. Sacagawea was a teen mom.
3. All of the 33 permanent party members were hand picked.
4. Lewis educated himself in the areas of astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine, and biology before he left.
5. Almost 50 Native American tribes were seen by the Corps.
6. Lewis and Clark came up with a ceremony to conduct when they met a new tribe.
7. The Blackfeet tribe and the Americans were kind to each other at first, but things went awry quickly, 2 were killed by Lewis and Reuben Field.
8. The Chinook stole from the Corps.
9. The Mandan villages Mitutanka and Nuptadi were pronounced wrong by Lewis and Clark. They were thought to be Matootonha and Rooptahee.
10. The Nez Perce tribe had the largest horse herd in North America.
11. The chief of the Shoshone tribe told the Corps that there was no Northwest Passage.
12. The Corps got whale blubber from the Tillamook tribe.
13. The expedition lasted almost 2 and a half years.
14. Lewis brought his dog with him on the trip.
15. The Shoshone tribe was also called the Snake Nation.
16. Many tribes’ populations were decreased by diseases that entered the tribes.
17. The word “mosquito” could be spelled 15 different ways in the journals because of inconsistent spelling.
18. They knew they were on the Missouri River when they came across a huge waterfall.
19. Some landmark was eventually named after every member of the expedition.
20. The Corps stopped to celebrate the second Independence Day.
I have to go with Andrew on this one. I would be proud of just surviving the whole trip. They had so many obstacles along the way. They had to go through sandstorms, something they never encountered before. They had barely no previous information on what they would go through. It was almost like walking around in complete darkness. You don’t know what is ahead of you reach out and see for yourself. Lewis and Clark didn’t know what was ahead and were extremely courageous to keep going. They also saw many animals that they had never seen before. The bears would have really terrified me. I think that they were really smart and brave to ask help from the Natives. They didn’t know if the Natives would be inviting or hostile towards them, but they took that risk. It’s like asking a complete stranger for directions...They can either help you, or nowadays you have the risk of someone pulling a gun on you! I really wish I had the confidence of Lewis and Clark. {176}
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1)Thomas Jefferson won approval for the visionary project on February 28, 1803.
ReplyDelete2)The expedition was funded with $2,500.
3)The Corps of Discovery encountered 50 Native American tribes.
4)Some of the tribes had never seen white or black men before.
5)President Thomas Jefferson was introduced to the Native Americans as their "great father".
6)Journals from Lewis, Clark, and others are between March 3, 1804 and September 26, 1806.
7)There was wildlife like rabbits, geese, and bald eagles.
8)There were sand storms during their trip, and some of the time they could barely see ten feet ahead of them.
9)To kill the biggest bear it took 12 shots.
10)The "Permanent Party" was made up of Lewis, Clark, and 31 other people.
11)To prepare for the trip, Lewis learned astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine, biology, etc.
12)They had to bring mathematical instruments, camp supplies, clothes, presets for Indians, arms and ammunition, medicine and medical supplies, and some books.
13)Louisiana was officially transferred from France to the U.S. on March 10, 1804.
14)On August 3, 1804 the first official council between U.S. representatives and western Indians took place.
15)Clark recorded a temperature of 45 degrees below 0 on December 17, 1804.
16)Sacagawea gave birth to a baby boy on February 11, 1805.
17)Mosquitoes were very troublesome during their expedition.
18)There was a ton of buffalo and it was a paradise for the men.
19)Lewis had a Newfoundland dog named Seaman.
20)Every member who went with Lewis and Clark had something named after them like a hill or lake. (253)
Like other people said, I think that the accomplishment that I would be the most proud of would be that I was one of the first Americans to explore the new land, and that I actually made it back alive. After reading all about this expedition, I learned that they really did have a lot of stuff to work through on this trip. Not only was it new land, but it was a whole lot different than where they came from. They encountered all kinds of new animals and bugs which they had never had to deal with before. They also had the Native Americans in the land, and many more troubles like when they had to decide which route to take when there was a fork in the river or land, a different climate, and new geography. I would be proud of everything else that I accomplished like recording all of the new things that I had seen, but overall just excited that I lived through the entire expedition and got to enjoy all of the beauty of the new land. (182)
1-On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project
ReplyDelete2-Twenty-five hundred dollars was how much it cost.
3-Jefferson called the group the Corps of Discovery.
4-Over the course of the expedition, the Corps of Discovery would come into contact with nearly 50 Native American tribes.
5-They gave them a coin with Jefferson's head on one side as a peace symbol.
6-They would preform a parade for the natives also.
7-They left Fort Mandan on April 7,1805.
8-They brought two different compasses.
9-They also brought thermometers and a telescope.
10-For camp they had: a hatchet, pliers, a chisel, mosquito curtains, and many other materials.
11- Sacagawea was a teen mom.
12-All The part members were hand picked.
13-There were 33 permanent party members.
14- Thomas Jefferson was the natives new "great father"
15- They saw many new animals.
16- Lewis brought a dog with him.
17- this dog scared a bull away from their campsite.
18-They were warned about bears before they left.
19- Sacagawea brought her baby with her.
20- The Missouri chief requested whiskey.
My most proud personal achievement of this would be just being able to have this opportunity. i Have to agree with the others above my comment. It would've been a great thing to me just to be able to travel it first for America and actually surviving and coming back. 50. This could have never been possible without his perseverance. He had so many obstacles to overcome and he did every single one of them! They didn't have maps to know where they were going! They didn't have any GPS to guide them they just used the knowledge they had plus Sacagawea. (102)
1. Trip cost $2,500
ReplyDelete2. Came into contact with nearly 50 Native American tribes
3. The land was “unknown”
4. Trip went through 11 states
5. 33 people went on the exploration
6. All of the men were hand-picked
7. Meriwether Lewis had to learn astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine and biology, and other scientific disciplines
8. Depictions of the west were very fictional
9. Jefferson wanted to go on the exploration
10. The trip was intended to discover different kinds of plants and find a waterway to the Pacific
11. Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of America
12. Lewis and Clark had a ritual when meeting a new tribe
13. Had to keep journals of everything
14. Took four tries to launch expedition
15. The trip was a secret
16. The Louisiana Purchase was 820,000 square miles
17. 14 miles was a good days progress
18. The Corps of Discovery experienced many storms
19. They discovered many new kinds of animals
20. There were many hostile Indians
If I was Meriwether Lewis I would be very proud of myself and my group for making it through the trip alive and coming on the trip in the first place. I would have been honored to have gone on the trip and be part of history. I would have been proud of working for the President and having such a great honor. But the thing that I am the proudest of is discovering new kinds of plants and animals and not only learning of them myself but also being able to teach others about all these wonderful species that I encountered on the trip. (105)
1. Thomas Jefferson received approval from Congress to launch the Lewis and Clark expedition on February 28, 1803.
ReplyDelete2. Twenty-five hundred dollars was the “budget” for the expedition.
3. The adventure lasted four years.
4. They brought clothing, ammunition/weapons, medicine/medical supplies, a traveling library, mathematical instruments, and camp supplies.
5. Jefferson referred to the expedition as the Corps of Discovery.
6. In preparation Meriwether Lewis spent time learning astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine, and biology.
7. They came into contact with nearly fifty native tribes.
8. The presents they brought for the natives included twelve pocket mirrors, 4,600 sewing needles, 144 small scissors, 10 lbs. of sewing thread, silk ribbons, ivory combs, handkerchiefs, yards of bright colored cloth, 130 rolls of tobacco, tomahawks that doubled as pipes, 288 brass knives, 8 brass kettles, vermilion face paint, 33 pounds of tiny beads of all colors.
9. They discovered that even among the natives the culture differed from tribe to tribe.
10. They explained to each new tribe they meet that their land now belonged to the U.S.
11. They described President Thomas Jefferson as their new “great father” to the natives.
12. They would trade presents and barter goods with the natives.
13. Some natives could speak English.
14. Many of the natives had never seen a white or black man.
15. Some natives wore hats and coats they received from European sea captains.
16. The tribe called the Mandans lived in earth lodges and farmed corn.
17. The tribe referred to as the Teton Sioux slept in tepees and hunted buffalo.
18. The Teton Sioux tribe was also known for their aggressiveness and power.
19. Clark described the Teton Sioux tribe as small, fragile, and ill-looking.
20. Lewis and Clark stumbled upon the Arikara Indians who had been plagued with a smallpox epidemic, and only a small percentage remained.
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I think that if I were Meriwether Lewis my proudest moment of the trip would be being able to communicate and work with all those Native tribes without being killed. If you think about it, Lewis and Clark had a lot to risk; natives weren’t always the friendliest human beings. I think it was a huge accomplishment to be able to basically tell the Native Americans they stumbled upon that, “Hey, this isn’t your land anymore. We bought it, so now it belongs to the United States.” Another thing to take into consideration is they didn’t just say this to one tribe but to nearly fifty! I think that they took a huge risk in that, and they gathered a lot of useful information about the natives. So as Meriwether Lewis I would have to decide that that was definitely my best accomplishment on the trip.
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1) Trip cost 2,500
ReplyDelete2) Was approved January 28,1803
3) It was a great adventure story
4) Was called the Corps of Discovery
5) Trip took 4 years to complete
6) They traveled thousands of miles
7) They explored unknown land
8) Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
9) 33 people in the group
10) 2 members died and were replaced
11) Sacagawea had a baby that she took on the trip
12) Ages ranged from 17-47
13) Three different races were represented on this trip
14) Everyone was hand picked
15) Lewis was the Secretary of War
16) They brought many gifts to give to the natives
17) Met up with 50 Native American tribes
18) The group stayed at Fort Mandan in the winter of 1805
19) The trip was planned to explore the Louisiana Purchase
20) They took many thing to Thomas Jefferson
This expedition seems a lot different now. I thought it was 2 guys going on a hike together for fun. I never knew that Thomas Jefferson had to get it approved by the senate. I had never heard about a group that was taken. This is more important than I thought it was in our history. I wonder what the west would be like if the expedition was not approved. Would we have sold the land? Would settlers not have known about the natives and been surprised when they saw them? History can only go one way and this is the way it went. I’m glad we have all the land west so we don’t have to share the area with another country. (123)
1. On February 28, 1803, Jefferson won the approval with Congress about the expedition.
ReplyDelete2. The trip cost two thousand and five hundred dollars.
3. Jefferson called the group the Corps of Discovery.
4. This group was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
5. The Corps had three sections.
6. They were the Circa 1803, To Equip an Expedition and the Corps.
7. The Corps gives information about the members of the Corps of Discovery.
8. The Equip an Expedition provides the list of supplies that Lewis and Clark brought on the expedition.
9. The Circa 1803 put the expedition in a historical and political context, investigating misconceptions of the West, and Jefferson’s motivations for exploring it.
10. They came in contact with about 50 Native American tribes.
11. They gave the Indians a peace medal. It had Jefferson on one side and two hands clasping on the other.
12. On April 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery left Fort Mandan and they headed west.
13. Sacagawea was gambled out of her tribe.
14. She was good at looking for food.
15. Prairie dogs were discovered on this expedition.
16. The Great Falls was discovered on this trip.
17. Meriwether Lewis had accumulated about two tons of goods using the money Jefferson gave him.
18. The Chinook stole from the Corps.
19. Sacagawea was a teen mom.
20. Lewis learned astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine, biology, etc., while preparing for the trip.
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I think that if I were Meriwether Lewis my proudest moment would be to travel and explore the new land and still being alive. They had a lot of things to go through on this expedition. They had to face sandstorms and other things. They had encountered stuff that they never had to before. They also saw many animals and bugs that they have never seen before. Another thing I would be proud about would be that I could talk to and work with the Natives without being killed. I would probably be scared to go up to the Natives and tell them this is our land now, not yours. That took a lot of courage, not to just say it twice, but to the other Native tribes. I would also be glad to have taken a lot of information about the expedition and to later on, be in kid’s history books.:) (153)
1. On feb. 28, 1803 Jefferson got the funds to support his expedition.
ReplyDelete2. This cost 2,500.
3. Lewis learned all there was to know about science before he left, kind of like craming for an exam, cept this exam includes slicing through jungles to look for a river that doesn't exist....
4. they took crayons, for coloring, and tomapipes for the indians.
5. they came into contact with 50 Indian tribes
6. when they came into contact with indians, they would tell them they owned the land, give them a peice of metal and goods, then parade around and shoot guns.... seems lke a nice way to greet the neighbors.
7. after stopping for the winter, the group sets out again on April 7,1805
8. Lewis had a dog named seaman he took with him.
9. they found a prairie dog aand sent sent back to jefferson.
10.rich people used slaves... lots of em.
11. Virginia people were supposed to be generous and overall nice.
12. Officers were not allowed to swear in the army.
13. army had a problem with deserters.
14. They thought the west land was filled with imaginary animals...
15. There was no true depiction of what the west looked like.
16. Only real map they had showed land between Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi River and guessed what the rocky mountains look like
17. Jefferson had already planned two other (failed) expeditions.
18. The cost for the trip was 38,722$
19. Jefferson tried to micromanage the trip before they left.
20. Napoleon sold Louisiana to America because he knew we would overrun it because he wouldn't be able to get an army there in time.
If I were Lewis I would have been most proud that I was the first white person to explore this land successfully. I would have also been proud of the way that I was able to create a catalog for Jefferson detailing the amount of information that I found during this time. I would have bragged about how we were able to tell the Indians that we owned their land and they agree with me. The thing I would have been most proud of would have been that I was able to keep the group together in a working team the we crossed all the way to the Pacific Ocean and back.(112)
1 February 28, 1803,Thomas Jefferson approved the expedition
ReplyDelete2 One of America's greatest adventures
3 2,500 dollars were spent on this
4 This money was used for a small group
5 The mission was to explore the west
6 The group was called the corps of discovery
7 Meriwether Lewis and his friend William Clark led the expedition
8 they traveled over thousands of miles
9 they got new experiences during this expedition
10 the lands they were exploring already had native Americans
11 Lewis and Clark got help from a native named Sacajawea
12 she was a teenager at the time which is insane
13 there were 16 tribes living there
14 they had a giant amount of tools
15 they had all different things like compasses, foods, guns, gifts for natives, and a lot more
16 they were prepared to trade with natives
17 they had 45 shirts and other clothing items
18 they brought a lot of tobacco for the natives
19 this expedition was a major expansion for America
20 there were also many animals living on the land when they got there
If I could be Meriwether Lewis I would tell about how I was a former soldier and personal secretary for President Thomas Jefferson. I would also talk about how I explored the western part of America. I would not want to brag but I would be a national hero. Everybody would love me and I would be happy to tell about all the stuff that I experienced while I was exploring the west. I would share about how I met natives and gave them gifts so that we could be friendly. If I were Meriwether Lewis I would be so happy and proud of my contribution,(big word) to my country.(110)
1. Lewis, Clark, and 31 others formed the Corps of Discovery.
ReplyDelete2. The expedition received almost 2 tons of supplies while still on the east coast.
3. Jefferson said the expedition would cost $2,500 but ended up costing $38,722.
4. The West was rumored to have wooly mammoths before it was explored.
5. Gentlemen at the time were only punished if what they did hindered the community.
6. Army officers were asigned to guard the western border with a company of 100 or less.
7. Before Clark embarked on the expedition, he had to take several subjects before he could go.
8. Napoleon would only give up New Orleans if the U.S. would buy the rest of the Louisiana Territory.
9. The Louisiana Purchase was announced on July 3, 1803.
10. The Corps would give the tribes they met a medal with Jefferson's face on it.
11. Sacagawea gave birth to her son on Feb. 11,1805
12. Lewis and Clark sent a prarie dog back to Jefferson to study.
13. Clark named a stream after a girl back in Virginia who he hoped to marry one day.
14. Lewis accidentaly refered himself to the indian as "stranger" instead of "White man" which made the indian run off.
15. Lewis had his 31'st birthday on Aug. 18, 1805 after he crossed the Continental Divide.
16. The expedition heads back to the East on March 23, 1806.
17. The expedition finnaly ends as they reach St.Louis on Sept. 23, 1806.
18. Lewis either commited suicide or was murdered in an inn south of Nashville.
19. Sacagawea is believed to have died in 1812, but a few say she lived until the late 1800's.
20. Clark ended up marrying the girl that he named the river after, Julia Hancock.
If I was Meriwether Lewis, I would be proud of what I had done on that great adventure. I would reflect on how no matter how dificult the journey had been, there was always a way for us to go. I would be very thankful that I had survived the trip since there were so many ways I would have died. I would be happy that I helped change the destiny of the nation. There would be parts I would regret such as losing many of my men in the Corps and some of the bad descisions I made during the exploration of the West.The only thing I would most regret is visiting Grinder's Stand because we ALL know what happened there.(123)
1. Started on April 7, 1805
ReplyDelete2. The Corps left from a place called Fort Mandan
3. One of Clark’s slaves was on the mission, his name was York
4. Another member was Sacagawea
5. She was pregnant, and birthed her son Pomp
6. One valued member was Seaman, a dog
7. Their mission was to map out LA territory
8. Also to find a way from ocean to ocean
9. They send a prairedog to Jefferson
10. Mandan Indians where very helpful to the mission
11. The journals started from March 3, 1804 and went to September 26, 1806
12. Toussaint Charbonneau was a Frenchman who lived with the Mandan Indians
13. He married Sacagawea
14. He was hired to the corps for his interpretation
15. Sacagawea was also captured then sold to Charbonneau
16. The Indians where often friendly with the Corps
17. The Indians helped by giving the Corps boats, horses, guides, food, clothes, ect.
18. The expedition supplies included math supplies
19. It also included camp supplies
20. And food and guides
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First of all I would love to go on the expedition. To answer the question: The most proud moment would be when we finally reached the Rockys. I have never actually seen them in real life but in the articles and in the book I read on Sacagawea they seem very pretty. In my book they also said that the trek was extremely hard at times and on others it was a walk in the park. It was hard when they had to carry all of their stuff up and around the water fall. An easy time was when they got horses and were walking in the field. All of that to say is that the Rockys was like the time that would make me feel like the trip was worth it and give me a boost to go on in the trek.
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1.the trip was for scientific purposes.
ReplyDelete2.there were classes like a real army
3.they brought crayons
4.Indians liked to smoke
5.used prototype musleloader
6.they used rush pills
7.they used a compressed air rifle
8.Jefferson feared people in west would secede
9.Jefferson owned the most books about the west
10. first to explore the west
11. in Jefferson eyes he was charting the us destiny
12. there were a lot of suspicions about the west.
13. People thought there were wooly mammoths in the west
14. Jefferson purchase of the territory was not a power the president had
15. the discovery corps was like a real army
16. they encountered Indians in every state.
17. There were more than 20 people on the expedition
18. that Jefferson was captivated by the west
19. Sacajawea was not the only guide.
20. That Lewis was Jefferson secretary.
If I was Lewis there would be many things I would be proud of. I satisfied my president. I found many new Indian tribes . The thing I would be most proud of would be the fact that I satisfied my president. I mean the most important man in the country is praising you for your awesomeness. How many people get to say that. That would be the ting I hold on to there would be no way anything could compare to that. You would become a national hero . Everywhere you go people will know your name. Your name would go down in history. People would study you an your accomplishments for ever(114)
• Came in contact with at least 50 Native American tribes.
ReplyDelete• Jefferson called the explorers, The Corps of Discovery.
• 2,500 dollars was given for the funding of the exploration.
• It was a 4 year exploration.
• They brought 195 pounds of “portable soap”.
• This was made from a thick paste made from meat and veggies.
• The brought small scissors as presents for the natives.
• They brought around 40 rifles for protection.
• The group had a total of 33 people.
• The expedition was from 18-4 to 1806.
• Woolley mammoths were “said” to be in the west.
• In 1803 only 4 roads crossed the Appalachian Mountains.
• Some of Jefferson’s thoughts about what was in the west included volcanoes.
• Also Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to see the West of the U.S.
• Came he wrote that there would be undissolved mountains of salt.
• It actually cost 38,722 to fund the trip.
• The exploration was approved on Feb. 28, 1803.
• The Louisiana Territory had 820,000 square miles total.
• For 15 mil. About 3 cents an acre.
• The purchase was not publicized till July 3rd.
I think Meriwether Lewis should have, and hopefully would have, been proud of the great adventure he had gone through. He and 32 other men endured a long journey to explore land never explored by any other man {other than the Native American’s}. Nobody died, and they had wonderful stories of their adventures to tell. I do not see how anyone could be unhappy or not proud of the great adventure Lewis faced. He did it and it changed history. Meriwether Lewis would have felt a feeling of great accomplishment when he got home after the exploration because of his enduring a hard and long journey that changed history. {110}
1. Jefferson’s plan to send a group through the Louisiana Purchase was approved by Congress on February 28, 1803.
ReplyDelete2.The group was called Corps of Discovery, which was led by Jefferson’s secretary, Meriwether Lewis and his friend William Clark.
3.The expedition was granted twenty-five hundred dollars to travel through the entire purchase of land.
4.Shortly after Jefferson appointed Lewis to head the expedition, Lewis had to begin to prepare for the journey across America. He learned astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine, biology and other scientific subjects.
5.Lewis also gathered tons of guns, ammunition, and other weapons for the expedition.
6.In, 1803, there were only four different roads that crossed through the Appalachian Mountains.
7.Jefferson sent Lewis off with a long list of information he needed to collect. For example, Jefferson wanted to know a lot about the natives (customs, medical habits, religions, languages), more about nature, the terrain and most importantly trade.
8.While traveling, whenever they met a native tribe, the expedition tried their best to form trade relations and try to show the tribes that they were part of the United States mow. No more fighting.
9.Lewis was very fascinated with prairie dogs and how the live in their holes in the ground.
10.Clark showed that they also had a huge problem with mosquitoes during the trip. Especially near the Missouri River where the bugs there were like killers.
11.The saw thousands and thousands of buffalo in the Great Plains.
12.During the trip to the West coast, the expedition met nearly 50 native American tribes and learned that there were many different ‘kinds’ of Indians.
13.Every time they met a tribe they would give them a peace medal showing that they wanted nothing but peace among them and the natives.
14.The medal had two hands clasping together or shaking hands to show friendship.
15.The Corps of Discovery would also march and fire their guns sort of like a parade.
16.Some of the tribes had never seen a black or white man before they met Lewis and Clark.
17.One tribe was the Chinook Indians who lived near the Pacific Ocean along the banks of the Columbia River.
18.The Mandan Indians live in present-day North Dakota where, when Lewis and Clark came they had two villages called Matootonha and Rooptahee.
19.The Oto Indians were part of the Southern Sioux tribes who lived along the Missouri River near the present-day border of Missouri and Nebraska.
20.At the time of Lewis and Clark, the land on the northwest Oregon coast was home to the Tillamook Indians. Tillamooks lived in a series of towns starting at the mouth of the Necanicum River.
If I were Meriwether Lewis, I think I would be most proud of all the alliances the expedition made with the native Americans. It seemed like that American got more connected with all the tribes west of the Appalachian Mountains during this trip and that we had maybe a better relationship with them for a while. (Until Andrew Jackson ruined it through the trail of tears.) We also made many good trade connections through the natives. I also think that I would be proud all the new discoveries of and animals and plants made through the journey to the West Coast.(102)
1.Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to see alot of the western US
ReplyDelete2.the land they found were already discovered by natives
3. came in contact with 50 different tribes
4.learned how many definitions there were for the word "Indian"
5. developed ritual
6. Jefferson was their new "great father"
7. gave natives peace medal
8. preform parade
9. dress in uniforms and shoot guns for parade
10. Corps of Discovery
11. left Fort Mandan 1805
12. 1803 Jefferson won approval
13.traveled thousands of miles
14.experienced new rivers
15. many DVD's and books written on the travels
16.most important expedition
17. found out about indian tribes for jefferson
18. natives believed europeans' power was in their objects, not bodies
19. natives saw peace medals as a gift of eaquality
20. tribe expected gifts
If I was Meriwether Lewis, I would be most proud of the relationships and peace treaties that I had made with the Natives or "Indians" during the trip for Thomas Jefferson. It was great that they found the land, but that wouldn't make a good difference unless they had made treaties with the Natives and discovered how many there were. I thought the Peace medals were interesting. They showed the agreemant of the americans and the Natives. It showed the Natives that the Americans wanted to get aalong and thought they were equal. And it showed the Americans that they had more power and showed the subjection. THis would obviously lead to issues later on. It showed the idfferences between the two. (122)
1)Thomas Jefferson had planned the project before the signing of the Louisiana Purchase.
ReplyDelete2)The project was signed in secret.
3)Lewis and Clark's team was called The Corps of Discovery.
4) Only 4 members of the expedition were't part of the Corp's creation.
5) 2 men had to be replaced (Reed and Newman)
6)THey were replaced by French fur traders.
7) One of the fur trader's wives was Sacaguwaea.
8) The land that Lewis and Clark explored was already known by Native Americans.
9)They brought presents for the Native Americans.
10) They brought 200 pounds of soap (They surely couldn't have stunk that badly.)
11) Although Jefferson only gave $2,500 for the expedition, it actually cost about $38,722.
12) THe land was sold to America for just $15 million, which is about 3 cents an acre.
13) The trip had discovered numerous different types of animals and plants.
14)THe grizzly bear can take up to 12 shots to kill.
15) Lewis and Clark were the first Europeans to discover the Great Falls.
16) Sacaguawea got sick on the expedition.
17) When they came across 3 forks on the missouri, the named them.
18) One was named Madison, for the secretary of state.
19) Another for Jefferson, the President.
20)The last was named Gallatin, after the secretary of Treasury.
I must say, Lewis and Clark must have done an excellent job with the expedition, because I didn't. My favorite part of the website was the interactive challenge. I liked how it gave a lot of detail about the problems and experiences that Lewis and Clark faced. I loved the Great Falls pictures and the story was so great. Unforrtunently though, I manage to drown most of my men in a storm and I am left barely alive apparently. So I real don't have much to bring back. But out of all seriousness, if I were the real Lewis, I remember the falls most of all. Also I would probably remember Sacaguwea for her bravery and her sacrifice. (118)