It Happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

by Turner, Erin H.

• ISBN13: 9780762725847
• ISBN10: 0762725842
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

Author Erin H. Turner brings to light 44 fascinating events from Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's 1804-1806 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--west of the Mississippi.

Author Biography

Erin H. Turner is a writer and editor living in Helena, Montana. 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	1	(3)
The Land Deal of the Century---March 9, 1804	4	(3)
The First Days on the River---May 14--18, 1804	7	(2)
Leaving La Charrette---May 25, 1804	9	(2)
Carolina Parakeets---June 25, 1804	11	(2)
The Last of the Butter---July 19, 1804	13	(2)
Desertion---August 18, 1804	15	(2)
A Fallen Comrade---August 20, 1804	17	(2)
Reunion---September 11, 1804	19	(2)
Encounter with the Sioux---September 25--28, 1804	21	(3)
Cruzatte and the Great White Bear---October 20, 1804	24	(2)
Life among the Mandans---November 20, 1804	26	(2)
``More Cold Than I Thought It Possible''---January 10, 1805	28	(2)
A Baby Joins the Expedition---February 11, 1805	30	(3)
Charbonneau Declares He Won't Go---March 12, 1805	33	(3)
The Ice Breakup---March 29, 1805	36	(2)
Grizzly Encounters---April 29, 1805	38	(2)
Sacagawea Saves the Day---May 14, 1805	40	(3)
Seaman and the Beaver---May 19, 1805	43	(2)
Lewis Sees the Mountains---May 26, 1805	45	(3)
The Missouri or the Marias---June 4--10, 1805	48	(3)
The Great Falls---June 13, 1805	51	(2)
Independence and Iron Boats---July 4-9, 1805	53	(2)
The Gates of the Mountains---July 19, 1805	55	(2)
Musquiters---July 25, 1805	57	(2)
A Family Reunion---August 17, 1805	59	(2)
Traveler's Rest---September 9, 1805	61	(2)
Not Even Their Wood---October 13--14, 1805	63	(2)
The Dalles---October 24, 1805	65	(2)
Taking a Vote---November 24, 1805	67	(2)
Christmas on the Pacific---December 25, 1805	69	(2)
The Whale---January 5, 1806	71	(2)
Buying Hats---February 22, 1806	73	(2)
The Return Begins---March 18, 1806	75	(2)
Magic for Wappato---April 2, 1806	77	(3)
Pomp's Illness---May 26, 1806	80	(2)
A Brief Retreat---June 17, 1806	82	(2)
A Hot Bath at Last---June 29, 1806	84	(2)
Splitting Up---July 3, 1806	86	(3)
The Yellowstone---July 15, 1806	89	(2)
Pompey's Pillar---July 25, 1806	91	(2)
Encounter with the Blackfeet---July 26--27, 1806	93	(3)
Wounded---August 11--12, 1806	96	(2)
Maybe Home Is in the Rockies---August 15, 1806	98	(2)
Huzzah!---September 20, 1806	100	(2)
Epilogue	102	(3)
A Potpourri of Lewis and Clark Expedition Facts	105	(4)
Bibliography	109	(2)
Index	111	(8)
About the Author	119