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Lewis And Clark: A Missouri River Adventure

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Throughout the expedition, the group face many difficulties along the way like this entry mentioned in the journal: “passed a very bad part of the River Called the Deavels race ground, this is where the Current Sets against some projecting rocks for half a Mile on the Labd. Side, passed between a Isld. And the Lbd. Shore a narrow pass above this Isld. Is a very bad part of the river, We attempted to pass up under the Lbd. Bank which was falling in so fast that the evident danger obliged us to cross between the Starbd Side nand a Sand bar in the middle of the river, We hove up near the head of the Sand bar, the Same moveing & backing caused us to run on the sand. The Swiftness of the Current Wheeled the boat, broke our Toe rope, and was nearly …show more content…

2017. “Great Plains Region.” Lewis and Clark: A Missouri River Adventure. Accessed November 30. https://www.usbr.gov/gp/lewisandclark/.] In this journal entry, Clark talks about an village they came across: “camped at the mouth of a Creek called (-- removed HTML --) , above a Small French Village of 7 houses and as many families, Settled at this place to be convt. To hunt, & trade with the Indians, here we met with Mr. Louisell imedeately down from the (-- removed HTML --) [Cedar] Isld. Situated in the Countrey of the Suxex 400 Leagues up he gave us a good Deel of information Some letters he informed us that he Saw no Indians on the river below the Poncrars… The people at this Village is pore, houses Small, they Sent us milk and eggs to eat.”5 [Lewis, Meriwether, William Clark, and Gary E. Moulton. 2005. The Lewis and Clark journals: an American epic of discovery. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 4.] In this entry, a crewmember talks about a rock formation that they come across: “a Short distance above the mouth of [a] Creek, is Several Courious paintings and carving on the projecting rock of Limestone inlade with white red & blue flint, of a very good quallity, the Indians have taken of this flint great quantities. We landed at this Inscription and found it a Den of Rattle Snakes, we had not landed 3 Minites before three very large Snakes was observed in the Cevises of the rocks & killed.”7 [Lewis, Meriwether, William Clark, and Bernard De Voto. 1963. The journals of Lewis and Clark. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 7.] On June 26, 1804, Clark wrote, “I observed a great number of Parrot queets this evening. [Camped just above the mouth of the Kansas River, Wyandotte County, Kansas.]”5 [Lewis, Meriwether, William Clark, and Gary E. Moulton. 2005. The Lewis and Clark journals: an American epic of

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