How do you top that incredible journey to the Pacific? Not easy some might say impossible. I’m sure that the single expedition death was a relief to the survivors, but that also meant that they now had to face life after the expedition. Sergeant Charles Floyd died, probably from appendicitis, on August 20, 1804. Louis area on May 14, 1804, until their return on September 23, 1806-and after more than 8,000 miles of travel on trails and waterways-Lewis and Clark lost only one man. One amazing fact is that from the time they left the St. The actual journals produced by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and other participants tell it all-with assistance from countless armchair explorers for the past two centuries. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 2004ĭuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition, now being commemorated 200 years later, the members experienced enough adventures for a lifetime. The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition , b y Larry E. Information about Sacagawea dollar coin and biography of Sacagawea from the U.S.The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition (Book Review) | Historynet Close Written by Claire Rudolf Murphy and illustrated by Higgins Bond. I Am Sacajawea, I Am York : Our Journey West with Lewis and Clark Morris and published by Yale University Press. The Fate of the Corps, What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition Howard and published by University of Oklahoma Press. More information about Sacagawea is available in the following books and web sites. At the time of her death she was not yet 30. Although opinions differ, it is generally believed that she died at Fort Manuel Lisa near present-day Kenel, South Dakota. Historians have debated the events of Sacagawea’s life after the journey’s end. There Sacagawea and her family ended their journey. Louis, they stopped again at the Mandan and Hidatsa villages. When the Expedition did meet the Shoshone, Sacagawea helped the Corps communicate, translating along with her husband.Īs the Corps traveled eastward in 1806, returning to St. Recognizing landmarks in her old neighborhood, Sacagawea reassured the explorers that the Shoshone - and their horses - would soon be found. The success of the journey hinged on finding the tribe: without horses the explorers would be unable to get their supplies over the mountains. The Corps was eager to find the Shoshone and trade with them for horses. Once the Corps reached Idaho, Sacagawea’s knowledge of the landscape and the Shoshone language proved valuable. A woman with a party of men is a token of peace.” William Clark explained that “the Wife of Shabono …reconciles all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions. Among the tribes the explorers met, her presence dispelled the notion that the group was a war party.
Simply because she was a woman, Sacagawea helped the Corps. Still, Sacagawea contributed significantly to the success of the journey. Historians generally believe that Sacagawea joined the Expedition because her husband had been hired as a translator. While Sacagawea is often remembered as the guide who led the Corps across the plains, Expedition journals offer little evidence of this. Two months after the birth of her son, Sacagawea left the Mandan and Hidatsa villages to journey west with the Corps of Discovery. Captain Lewis recorded the event in his journal: “about five o’clock this evening one of the wives of Charbono was delivered of a fine boy.” In February of 1805, she gave birth to a baby boy, her first child. Living among the Mandan and Hidatsa, Sacagawea married French trader Toussaint Charbonneau. Approximately four years earlier, a Hidatsa raiding party had taken Sacagawea from her home in Idaho and from her people, the Lemhi Shoshone. In 1804, Sacagawea was living among the Mandan and Hidatsa, near present day Bismarck, North Dakota. Could you lead visitors through your old neighborhood, a place you had last seen as a child of 11 or 12? Could you also care for your spouse and newborn baby? Sacagawea, the only woman to travel with the Corps of Discovery, did this and more. Imagine yourself a teenager – just 16 or 17 years old.
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