Alysa Williams Expedition

Alysa Williams.

The Reasons for the expedition- Is To look for a new way to the Pacific to make the American claims to Oregon land. And to get more information about the Of the far west. (http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/)

Five Supplies-

1. 10 pounds of sewing thread, because they need this to sew and make their cloths and things to keep warm in the winter.

2. 4,600 sewing needles, so they have something to sew their cloths with.

3. Handsaws, so they have something to cute wood with.

4. 30 steels for striking to make fire, they need these to make their fires so they can cook their food.

5. 12 pounds of soap, they needed this to clean things. Body, and kitchen stuff. (http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_equ.html)

Timeline-
January 18th, In secret communication to Congress, Jefferson seeks authorization for expedition – first official exploration of unknown spaces undertaken by United States government. Appropriation of $2,500 requested.
August 3rd, First official council between representatives of United States and western Indians occurs north of present-day Omaha, when Corps of Discovery meets with small delegation of Oto and Missouri Indians. Captains establish routine for subsequent Indian councils hand out peace medals, 15 star flags, and gifts parade men and show off technology give speech saying Indians have new great father far to the east and promising future of peace and prosperity if tribes don’t make war on whites or other tribes.
November 4th, The captains hire Toussaint Charbonneau, a French Canadian fur trader living among the Hidatsa’s, as an interpreter. His young Shoshone wife, Sacagawea, had been captured by the Hidatsa’s several years earlier and then sold to Charbonneau. Having been told that the Shoshones live at the headwaters of the Missouri and have many horses, the captains believe the two will be helpful when the expedition reaches the mount.
October 24th,
North of what is now Bismarck, North Dakota, the Corps of Discovery reaches the earth-lodge villages of the Mandan’s and Hidatsa’s. Some 4,500 people live there – more than live in St. Louis or even Washington, D.C. at the time. The captains decide to build Fort Mandan across the river from the main village.
July 4th,
Expedition marks first Fourth of July ever celebrated west of the Mississippi by firing keelboat’s cannon, drinking extra ration of whiskey, and naming a creek. (http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_time.html)

Three Objectives- They had three things they wanted to say.

One, they wanted to find out about Indians for Jefferson. Two, they wanted to establish trade relations because that’s gonna be part of an empire for the United States. Three, and they wanted to include them in the United Stated. (http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/living/6.html)

Four Native American Tribes-

1. The Mandan’s, The Mandan are a Native American tribe, residing in North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. About half of the Mandan still reside in the area of the reservation; the rest reside around the United States and in Canada.

2. The Teton Sioux, The Teton Sioux are a Native American tribe, and First Nations band government in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects. The Sioux comprise three major divisions based on Siouan dialect and subculture: the Santee, the Yankton-Yanktonai, and the Lakota.

3. The Cheyenne, The Cheyenne are a Native American tribe, the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created by the United States in 1889 by breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation, following its victory over the Lakota in a series of wars in the

1870s.
4. The Arikara, The Arikara are a Native American tribe, The Arikara's name is believed to mean "horns", in reference to the ancient custom of wearing two upright bones in their hair. The name also could mean "elk people" or "corn eaters”. They have sometimes been called the Arikaree, or the Ree. (http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/index.html)

Sacagawea Bibliography-
When Sacagawea was 12 years old she was kidnapped by a war party of Hidatsa Indians, these where enemies of her people, they were called the Shoshones.

She was taken from her home in the Rocky Mountains. Later down the road she was sold as a slave to the Toussaint Charbonneau. Sacagawea was sold to a French Canadian fur trader. He claimed Sacagawea and another woman from the Shoshones, as he called them “wives.” In November 1804, the Corps of discovery arrived at the Hidatsa Mandan villages and soon built a fort nearby. In the American Fort Mandan on February 11, 1805, Sacagawea gave birth to her son Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, who would soon become America’s youngest explorer. Sacagawea, with the infant Jean Baptiste, was the only woman to accompany the 33 members of the permanent party to the Pacific Ocean and back. Baptiste, who Captain Clark affectionately named “Pomp” or “Pompy” for his “little dancing boy” frolicking, rode with Sacagwea in the boats and on her back when they traveled on horseback. Her activities as a member of the Corps included digging for roots, collecting edible plants and picking berries, all of these were used as food and sometimes, as medicine. On May 14, 1805, the boat Sacagawea was riding in was hit by a high wind and nearly capsized. She recovered many important papers and supplies that would otherwise have been lost, and her calmness under duress earned the compliments of the captains.

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