It Happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

by Erin H. Turner

Overview

It Happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition features fascinating events from Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's 1803-1805 expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back, including the first democratic vote west of the Mississippi, the remarkable and unexpected reunion of their Indian guide Sacagawea with the clan brother she hadn't seen in years, the day they found a huge whale on the beach, and their discovery of Carolina parakeets—a now extinct species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493023462
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/02/2016
Series:	It Happened in the West
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Erin H. Turner is a writer and editor living in Helena, Montana. Her other books include More Than Petticoats: Remarkable California Women, It Happened in Northern California, and It Happened in Yellowstone. She has a degree in history and gender and women's studies from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and has traveled extensively throughout the West.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

The Land Deal of the Century-March 9, 1804 1

The First Days on the River-May 14-18, 1804 4

Leaving La Charrerte-May 25, 1804 6

Carolina Parakeets-June 25, 1804 8

The Last of the Butter-July 19, 1804 10

The Otteau Village-July 25-August 5, 1804 12

Desertion-August 18, 1804 14

A Fallen Comrade-August 20, 1804 16

Reunion-September 11, 1804 18

Encounter with the Sioux-September 25-28, 1804 20

Cruzatte and the Great White Bear-October 20, 1804 23

Life among the Mandans-November 20, 1804 25

"More Cold Than I Thought It Possible"-January 10, 1805 28

A Baby Joins the Expedition-February 11, 1805 30

Charbonneau Declares He Won't Go-March 12, 1805 33

The Ice Breakup-March 29, 1805 36

Grizzly Encounters-April 29, 1805 38

Sacagawea Saves the Day-May 14, 1805 41

Seaman and the Beaver-May 19, 1805 44

Lewis Sees the Mountains-May 26, 1805 47

The Missouri or the Marias-June 4-10, 1805 50

The Great Falls-June 13, 1805 53

Independence and Iron Boats-July 4-9, 1805 56

The Gates of the Mountains-July 19, 1805 58

Musquiters-July 25, 1805 60

A Family Reunion-August 17, 1805 62

Traveler's Rest-September 9, 1805 64

Not Even Their Wood-October 13-14, 1805 66

The Dalles-October 24, 1805 68

Taking a Vote-November 24, 1805 70

Christmas on the Pacific-December 25, 1805 72

The Whale-January 5, 1806 74

Buying Hats-February 22, 1806 77

The Return Begins-March 18, 1806 79

Magic for Wappato-April 2, 1806 81

Pomp's Illness-May 26, 1806 85

A Brief Retreat-June 17, 1806 87

Fireworks-June 25, 1806, 89

A Hot Bath at Last-June 29, 1806 91

Splitting Up-July 3, 1806 93

The Yellowstone-July 15, 1806 96

Pompeys Pillar-July 25, 1806 99

Encounter with the Blackfeet-July 26-27, 1806 101

Wounded-August 11-12, 1806 104

Maybe Home Is in the Rockies-August 15, 1806 107

Huzzah!-September 20, 1806 109

Epilogue 111

Lewis and Clark Expedition Facts and Trivia 115

Bibliography 119

Index 121

About the Author 126