William Clark:

1. Clark was 32 years old when Lewis asked him to come along
with him.

2. Clark had the education of an 8^th grader. He
spelled most of the things in his journal wrong.

3. Clark drew maps for other settlers.

4. Clark was father of 10 children.

Merriweather Lewis:

1. His dog was named Captain Seaman

2. Lewis was 28 when Jefferson told him to accomplish the
impossible: get to the Pacific.

3. Lewis was proud of his team: The Core of Discovery, when
they completed Jefferson’s orders.

4. Lewis had stumbled across the Bitterroot Range which
looked like it was not a half day journey across.

Sacagawea
1. Sacagawea had an important role in the expedition: saving
their lives as being a symbol of peace and finding edible plants.

2. Because she found her brother, she got the horses for the
crew.

York

1.  After being enslaved for 15 years, York finally got his freedom.

2. Jean Baptist: was adopted by Clark so that he could be
“civilized”, but he ended up as a mountain man. He was Sacagawea’s son

2. The dangerous rapids on the river.

3. The Teton Sioux

4.  The upcoming
winters.

5. The rivers it-self.

1. The Corp of Discovery solved the problem of finding a
campsite by voting for one.

2. They also never gave taking the 17 mile detour of the
Great Falls or building the new boats after they crossed

3. One problem they solved was having agreements with the other
tribes. Sacagawea was a symbol of peace because she was a woman with a baby on
her back.

4. Another problem they solved was the lack of food
sometimes. Again, Sacagawea solved this by looking for edible plants, even
though the wild turnip roots made them   GASSY!

5. One last problem they solved was that other settlers
would need to come to this area. Clark drew maps and Lewis recorded the
different organisms that they saw along the way so that people would be warned
of which ones were the safe kind of animals to live by.

Five Interesting Facts about the journey

1. Lewis was extremely proud about his team when they had
accomplished the impossible.

2. They had camped in a deciduous forest biome for four
months

3.  They had traveled
28 months and 28000 miles

4. One member of the expedition died along the journey.

5.  Lewis and Clark
worked together as two bodies and one mind.