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Lewis and Clark Expedition, an analysis
Title: Lewis and Clark Expedition, an analysis
Category: History
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Lewis and Clark Expedition, an analysis
On April 25, 1805, the Corps of Discovery camped by the riverside near the future site of Fort Union. Lewis and
Clark hoped they were only weeks away from the Pacific via an all-water route, the mythical Northwest Passage.
The group rested and celebrated their arrival at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
The expedition journals noted the spot's potential as a trade location between two navigable rivers, the early
highways of commerce. Entering what …showed first 75 words of 1456 total…
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On July 24, they passed a remarkable bluff of red colored earth. Sacagawea told them this was the clay the iNdians
used for paint. For her people red was emblematic of peace.
On July 25 Lewis's party reached the "Little Gates of the Mountains.", also referred to as the "second range of
mountains." The Indians at Mandan had informed them of this place.
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