Dance Rituals In Lewis, Clark And Sacagawea

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Today is a great day! Lewis, Clark and I all came back from the exploration! We met many Indian tribes. At one stop we met an Indian women named Sacagawea. We learned that she had had a baby. We knew that we would need a translator and someone to show us things we could eat and someone to help with navigating. Lewis and Clark discussed Sacagawea being there with us on our adventure to find a way to the Pacific Ocean. We soon learned that she would be a critical person on our team. Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea and I left on May 14, 1804. It official ended on September 23, 1806. Lewis Clark Sacagawea and the rest of the team wanted to see if we could find anything useful and we found bitterroot. It is a plant that grown on short stalks and comes …show more content…

They were open to trade and skilled at hunting and fishing. Their diet was mainly fish and vegetables wild berries are a big part too. Also their beliefs were very unique. They believed in protective spirits like a blue jay and coyote. Even though the chinooks were stationary they were open to fur trade with us. The Chinooks houses are like cabins but are made for than just one family. Another part of their beliefs is that dance rituals are a big part of them and that when they do dance it with rattles and paint. But when they want new sewing needles or some thread they have to kill a bird or another animal. The needles are made from the bones and sharpened to be able to go through fur and fabric. They made even more things from the bones of the animals like tools. Almost no Indians would ever waste anything form a kill. Lewis and Clark had history. They both were in the army. Except Lewis was the commander and one of the people under him was Clark. When Jefferson became president he wanted an all water route the Pacific Ocean and hired Clark to go with a team. Clark wanted someone he knew and trusted to be co-captain and he asked Lewis. If they did find a route it would be called the Northwest Passage. Unfortunately we didn’t find an all water route we had to switch rivers half way to find