May, 1804
Having started upstream on the Missouri River from
their St. Louis-area camp—where they had been preparing for the
expedition since fall 1803—on May 14, William Clark and nearly four
dozen other men met up with Meriwether Lewis on May 20. The Lewis and
Clark expedition—"the Corps of Discovery"—began making its way up the
Missouri aboard a 55-foot-long (17-meter-long) keelboat and two smaller
pirogues.
As they traveled, Clark spent most of his time on the
keelboat, charting the course and making maps, while Lewis was often
ashore, studying the rock formations, soil, animals, and plants along
the way.
Always the members of the expedition were on the lookout for Indians, hoping they would be peaceable, armed in case they weren't. For security, Lewis and Clark made camp on river islands whenever possible and posted guards at night. By the end of July they had traveled more than 600 miles up the river. Still they had not met a single Indian.
Always the members of the expedition were on the lookout for Indians, hoping they would be peaceable, armed in case they weren't. For security, Lewis and Clark made camp on river islands whenever possible and posted guards at night. By the end of July they had traveled more than 600 miles up the river. Still they had not met a single Indian.
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