Lewis and Clark Project by katherine https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct en-us 2020-01-31 15:15:18 UTC 2023-03-02 22:15:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26f0.png 50 dozen Dr. Rush’s patented "Rush’s pills": kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438792947 I think that it would be important to have 50 dozen Dr. Rush’s patented Rush’s pills because it would prevent a disease from spreading and prevent someone from dying from a sickness. It is important to make sure no one dies on the trip, and it would be horrible if a disease spread throughout the whole group and killed everyone.]]> 2020-01-31 15:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438792947 30 steels for striking to make fire: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438793673  It is important to have steels, so you can make fire. If you can’t make fires then people will get cold, especially during the winter. You also cannot cook any food without a fire, and it would not be good to eat any raw or uncooked meat.]]> 2020-01-31 15:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438793673 193 pounds of "portable soup" (a thick paste concocted by boiling down beef, eggs and vegetables): kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438793862  It is important to have a source of food because you don’t want to starve to death. Without enough food you won’t have enough energy to travel, you’ll catch colds easily, and you won’t be able to travel well. Food is a basic human need, so it is important to bring a source of food. ]]> 2020-01-31 15:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438793862 12 pounds of soap: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794072 It is important to bring soap because you need to keep yourself clean especially if you get a cut. If you don’t clean a cut or scratch then it could get infected. You should especially stay clean when you are exploring an unknown area because you don’t want to catch a new sickness or disease that you don’t know anything about.]]> 2020-01-31 15:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794072 Handsaws: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794343 It is important to have handsaws on the journey because if you don’t have handsaws then you cannot cut down any wood to build fires or houses. If you can’t build any fires or houses especially during the winter then you’ll get cold. Without a shelter during the winter, you’ll probably freeze to death.]]> 2020-01-31 15:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794343 writing paper, ink and crayons: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794512 It is important to have materials, so you can graph and map out the area around you. The whole point of the expedition was to map and learn about the unknown west. If Lewis and Clark didn’t map out the area then the expedition would’ve been a failure.]]> 2020-01-31 15:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794512 45 flannel shirts: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794644 It is important to have clothing on your expedition because you need to stay warm especially during the winter. Clothing also protects you from cutting yourself on things such as thorns, leaves, and branches. Clothing is something that needs to be brought on the expedition.]]> 2020-01-31 15:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438794644 15 prototype Model 1803 muzzle-loading .54 caliber rifles: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438795364 It is important to bring a weapon with you on the expedition because you might run into an unfriendly tribe and it would be helpful to be armed. You also need to be prepared to fight wild animals that would be hard to fend off with just your hands such as bears or wolves. Guns would be an important thing to bring on the expedition. ]]> 2020-01-31 15:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438795364 10 pounds of sewing thread: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438795535  It is important to bring something that you can trade with the Native Americans because trading would be important on the expedition. If Lewis and Clark didn’t trade with the Native Americans then they wouldn’t have gotten any of their horses or food. ]]> 2020-01-31 15:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438795535 hand compass: kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438795708  A hand compass would be important to bring on the expedition because you don’t want to get lost, especially in an area that you know nothing about. A hand compass would also be helpful for mapping out the area because it is important to know where North is when you’re mapping out an area. ]]> 2020-01-31 15:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438795708 Captain Lewis kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438813269 I would choose William Clark to be my Captain on my trip. Captain Clark came from a family of ten children, and by age 19, Clark joined the Kentucky Militia. Clark later joined the regular army, and he was promoted to lieutenant. During this time, Clark learned how to build forts, draw maps, lead pack trains through enemy country, and fight the Indians on their ground. Clark was also sent to spy on the Spanish, and he received many successive promotions. He eventually earned the rank of captain. Clark was physically and mentally strong. He was six feet tall, and he had a strong and muscular frame. He was an amazing captain in the military.
Clark was chosen by Meriwhether Lewis to help co-lead the expedition. Jefferson had chosen Lewis as the first leader, and Lewis offered Clark a permanent commission as Captain. Clark was the person in charge of making maps and graphing out the land. Clark kept compass records, he measured distances, and he produced detailed strip maps for areas between major landmarks. His maps included notes on native botanical and zoological specimens and on potential mineral deposits. These maps would be extremely valuable to the westward expansion of the United States. 
I would choose Clark to be the Captain of my trip because his maps and graphs are very important and helpful. If Clark didn’t make his maps then people wouldn’t be able to travel to the west. People used Clark’s maps as a guide, and he helped people traveling to the west find trails and paths. He gave the people a general idea of the size of the west and what to expect when traveling to the west. Lewis was also important. Lewis was the person in charge of keeping records of the plants and animals found in the west. I think that information of the land and maps would be more important than information over plants and animals. This is why I would choose Clark as my captain. 

]]> 2020-01-31 15:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438813269 Private Bratton kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438813429 I would choose William Bratton to bring on my journey. Bratton is a skilled blacksmith and gunsmith. He would be able to help repair broken objects and repair broken or damaged guns while on our expedition. In 1804 during the expedition, the expedition was asked to sharpen and repair metal objects by the Native Americans in exchange for corn and dried vegetables. Bratton set up a forge with Alexander Willard and they helped repair the metal objects for the Native Americans. 
Bratton also was a strong and intelligent man, and he managed to help kill a bear during May 1805. The team had encountered a bear while they were travelling, and bratton managed to shoot the bear. The team followed the trail left by the wounded bear, and they killed the bear. They preserved the hide and salvaged the meat. If the team didn’t have Bratton then the team could’ve been harmed. 

]]> 2020-01-31 15:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438813429 Non-military Sacagawea kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438813558 I would also choose to bring along Sacagawea because she knows what she’s doing. She also knows a lot about the land, plants, and animals that we would be exploring. Sacagawea was seventeen years old, and she at age 12, she was kidnapped from her tribe. Sacagawea and her husband joined the expedition after meeting the expedition team. She was very useful to the team, but her husband wasn’t very useful to the team. She gave birth to her son Jean Baptiste while travelling. 
Sacagawea’s presence was also very helpful to the tribe. Normally Native Americans would’ve seen the party as a threat, but since they were travelling with a woman and a baby, they seemed peaceful. She was also a valuable interpreter because she spoke both Shoshone and Hidatsa. She would translate what the Native Americans were saying to Hidatsa. Then her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, would translate what Sacagawea was saying in English. If the party couldn’t talk with the Native Americans then they couldn’t trade. Sacagawea was very useful and helpful on their trip. 

]]> 2020-01-31 15:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438813558 Plant #1 kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438824002 In August 13, 1805, Lewis made contact with a “species of honeysuckle” near the Pattee Creek. Lewis most likely discovered the snowberry plant. Lewis may have collected a specimen of the snowberry bush, but he accidentally left it at Camp Fortunate. The snowberry has a leaf like the small honeysuckle in Missouri, but it bears a globular peas that is white and the size of a garden pea. The berry is formed from a thin smooth pellicle. The plant also has several brown seeds that are placed irregularly. Lewis was probably wondering if the berry was edible or if the berry could be used as paint or dye. He was probably also wondering what species it came from, and he was probably wondering if it actually was a subspecies of honeysuckle. He was also probably wondering what people would think about the plant. Would they think it was pretty or ugly? ]]> 2020-01-31 16:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438824002 Animal #1 kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438824300 Lewis and Clark saw a lot of turtles when they were traveling rivers and streams. Lewis reported that he saw the Spiny Softshell Turtle on May 26, 1805. The turtle spends October through April buried in sand beneath the surface of a pond. The turtles Lewis saw were western spiny softshells, Apalone spinifera hartwegi. There are twelves species and subspecies of these turtles in North America. These turtles have flattened, leathery, carapace that is something flexible. The spines on the fringe of the carapace are called tubercules. These turtles can breathe underwater. Their nose can be used as a snorkel, and they enable the turtle to breathe fresh air while buried in the sand. They have three-clawed feet which are webbed and tipped with sharp claws. It was probably weird for the explorers to see a turtle that could pretty much breather under the mud, and they probably thought that the turtles’ carapace looked weird. The explorers probably weren’t used to seeing a softshell turtle that has a flattened shell, and it may have looked weird. It was probably also weird to see a turtle that pretty much hibernated. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438824300 Plant #2 kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438824670 Lewis discovered an elkhorn plant while waiting for the snow to melt on Bitterroot Mountains. The plant’s most common name today is ragged robin. There are seven different species of the flower, and it is found between British Columbia and southern Oregon, and eastward to South Dakota. The flower has four pale purple petals which are tripartite. The central lobe is the largest. The flower has the appearance of a monopetalus flower growing from the center of a four petalled corolla. Lewis was probably wondering whether or not people would like the flower, and he was probably also wondering what uses the flower would have. Lewis was probably also wondering where the flower came from. He was also probably wondering whether or not the flower was edible.]]> 2020-01-31 16:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438824670 Animal #2 kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438825194 Lewis discovered a “tyger cat” on June 14, 1805 when he was exploring falls and rapids above the Big Falls he had seen on the thirteenth. He discovered a cat looking creature crouched near a burrow. The animal was brownish yellow, and when Lewis approached it, it crouched down about to attack just like a cat does. The animal that Lewis saw was believed to be a wolverine. Wolverines lives from northern Canada as far south as the Northern Rockies. Wolverines have excellent senses of smell and hearing. They eat anything they find, and it is able to find food leftover by lynx, wolves, or grizzly bears. The wolverine can also release a foul-smelling musk. During the winter, it’s oversized paws serve as snowshoes. Lewis was probably wonder what the heck he was looking at because he had never seen such an animal before. At first he thought it was a wolf, but when he got closer, it looked more like a cat. Lewis was probably confused because he probably thought it was a hybrid of a wolf and cat. Lewis was probably even more shocked to see how the animal acted like a tiger. He was probably wondering where this animal got that behavior. He was probably also wondering how strong and fast the animal is. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438825194 Teton Sioux kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438826162 The Teton Sioux was a tribe located near present-day Pierre, South Dakota. They were known for their aggressiveness and power, and they would demand large gifts from passing merchants. Sometimes they would resort to violent tactics. Even though the Tetons were intimidating, they had a good trade with their neighbors, Arikaras. The Arikaras were good farmers, and they gave the Teton Sioux corn. Corn was important to the survival  the Teton Sioux. The Sioux lived in teepees from long wooden poles covered in bison hide. 
The Sioux were not impressed with Lewis and Clark’s party, and they saw the Americans as competitors for control of trade in the region. During the first meeting, tensions rose so high, and it almost led to armed conflict, but luckily Chief Black Buffalo intervened. Over the next three days, the Tetons hosted the party. Clark kept a journal of the Teton Sioux people, and he described them as thin, small, and ill-looking people. During the team’s stay, the Tetons held many celebrations. A number of confrontations led to the end of the team’s stay. No one in the team could speak Sioux, so there was a lot of misunderstandings. After another argument, the team left and continue travelling because it almost led to into a fight.
]]> 2020-01-31 16:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438826162 kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438827391 2020-01-31 16:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438827391 Fort Clatsop in Oregon kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438836716 Lewis and Clark’s team stopped at Fort Clatsop on December 7, 1805, and they selected the place as their winter quarters. The fort was made up of hurts forming three sides of a square and 7 rooms. Fort Clatsop is located at 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria OR. The latitude and longitude is 46.136080 and -123.881700. Oregon is South of Washington, and Oregon is located West of Idaho. Oregon is a coastal U.S. State, and it is known for its diverse landscape of forests, mountains, farms, and beaches. Oregon has many basins and plains, and it is also known for its rugged highlands. Oregon has changed a lot since Lewis and Clark’s exploration. Many groups of pioneers traveled to Oregon by following the Oregon Trail. Oregon continued to grow and eventually became part of the Union on February 14, 1859. Oregon’s population is 4.191 million and is known for its wineries. A lot of people travel to Oregon, and tourism is one of Oregon’s big industries. In 2018, tourism generated $5.3 billion for Oregon. Oregon has 98 public airports. Oregon has seven regions: the Coast, Portland Metro Region, Mt. Hood & Columbia River Gorge, the Willamette Valley, Eastern Oregon, Central Oregon, and Southern Oregon. Oregon is part of the Northwest region. The Northwest region has multiple mountain ranges, and these include the Coast Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Olympic Mountains, the Columbia Mountains, and the Rocky Mountains. The Northwest region also has a wet, cool climate, and it rains often. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/438836716 Beaverhead Rock in Montana kguetig24 https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/439160687 Lewis and Clark came across Beaverhead Rock on August 8, 1805 because Sacagawea pointed it out to them. It is called Beaverhead Rock because the rock sort of resembles the head of a beaver. Beaverhead Rock is located 14 miles South of Twin Bridges on Montana Highway 41. Beaverhead Rock’s absolute location is 45°23'11.4"N 112°27'35.3"W. Twin Bridges is known for its lakes, rivers, and bodies of water that are perfect for fishing. Montana is known for its diverse terrain from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains. Montana changed a lot since Lewis and Clark came across it. It became a state on November 8, 1889. About 61, 596 kilometer is being used as Cultivated Crops. There are 123 airports in Montana, and the state is known as the “Land of the Shining Mountains”. Montana is part of the Western United States. The West contains several major biomes. The West is filled with mountains, volcanoes, rolling plains, fertile valleys, beaches, and even desserts. ]]> 2020-02-01 17:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kguetig24/7qyc2xid1uct/wish/439160687