Sunday May the 13th 1804
...all in health and readiness to set out. Boats and everything Complete,
with the necessary stores of provisions & such articles of merchandize
as we thought ourselves authorised to procure -- tho' not as much as
I think nessy. for the multitude of Inds. thro which we must pass on
our road across the Continent &c. &c.
William Clark
What were some of the long-term results of the expedition?
Where there any deaths among the expedition during the trip?
What kinds of medicine did the expedition take along?
What kind of mammals and birds were encountered?
What were Spanish and British reactions to the Expedition?
What was the weather like during the Expedition’s winter stay in 1804-1805?
What kind of boats did the Expedition use?
How was translation performed between the Expedition and Hidatsa?
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