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NARRATOR: "Honored Parents.
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I am now on an expedition
to the westward,
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with Captain Lewis
and Captain Clark,
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who are appointed by the President
of the United States...
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to go through the interior parts
of North America...
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to ascend the Missouri River
with a boat...
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and then to go
to the western ocean.
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If we live to return...
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and if we make Great Discoveries
as we expect...
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the United States has promised
to make us Great Rewards."
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They were a small party
charged with going
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where no one from the outside world
had ever gone,
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to open one of the last great
wilderness regions of Earth...
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a place they thought might still
hold woolly mammoths
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and other prehistoric creatures.
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To find out what was really
out there and to survive
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was the equivalent in its day
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of a journey to the moon.
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To lead this dangerous expedition,
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President Thomas Jefferson
chose his chief aide, Meriwether Lewis,
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a skilled soldier and woodsman.
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He called him a man
"of courage undaunted
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with qualifications as if
implanted by nature
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for this express purpose."
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He was only 28.
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Lewis wanted a co-captain
for such a long and risky mission-
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his old army commander William Clark,
who was four years older,
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an expert mapmaker and river man,
and a proven leader.
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Lewis asked Clark to join him...
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LEWIS: "...in this enterprise,
with its dangers and honors.
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There is no man on Earth
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with whom I should feel equal pleasure
in sharing them as yourself."
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NARRATOR: Clark answered Lewis' letter...
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CLARK: "My friend, I join you
with hand and heart."
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NARRATOR: Many feared
they would never return.
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But if they made it,
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they would forever change
the course of history.
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At the time, the great powers
of the world
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could only guess what existed
in the uncharted West.
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Native Americans already
called this land home,
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but other nations hoped
for a wealth of natural riches
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and had staked competing claims-
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Britain, to Canada
and the Oregon Country...
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Russia, the Pacific Northwest...
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Spain, the west
and parts of the south...
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France, an immense tract
called Louisiana.
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By sending an expedition
into foreign land,
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Thomas Jefferson hoped to open
the West up for the United States.
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In 1803, a surprise:
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Napoleon offered to sell
the entire Louisiana Territory.
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The US quickly purchased it
for $15 million,
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more than doubling
the size of the nation.
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To cross this unknown land
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would be among the most ambitious
and difficult journeys ever conceived.
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Clark wrote in his journal...
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CLARK: "...all in health
and readiness to set out.
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Boats and everything complete,
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with the necessary stores
of provisions...
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though not as much
as I think necessary
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for the multitude of Indians
through which we must pass."
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NARRATOR: They pushed off
upstream from St. Louis-
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young American soldiers
and French-Canadian river men
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handpicked for strength
and wilderness skills.
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Among them, a man named York,
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Clark's slave and companion
since childhood.
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All were leaving their families
behind for years.
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Their main mission
was to find a water route
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to the Pacific
and the Orient beyond-
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the long-hoped-for Northwest Passage.
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[dog barking]
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Lewis was a studious
and solitary man.
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Under Jefferson,
he had been trained
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to observe and record for science
every new thing he saw,
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and he spent hours
exploring alone with his dog.
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In this unfamiliar territory,
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just collecting a specimen
could be dangerous.
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Only two days out,
Lewis had nearly lost his life-
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with a long journey still ahead.
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But a greater challenge
they faced every day-
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the backbreaking work
of moving tons of gear upriver
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against the full flood of the powerful,
unpredictable Missouri.
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William Clark...
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CLARK: "The sergeant at the helm
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run under a bending tree
and broke the mast."
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"I am tormented
with mosquitoes and ticks."
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NARRATOR: Meriwether Lewis...
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LEWIS: "The barge run foul
three times today on logs.
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Happily no injury was sustained,
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though the barge was
in imminent danger."
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CLARK: "...passed a bad sandbar,
where our tow rope broke twice."
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"A storm struck our boat
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and would have thrown her
up on the sand island
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and dashed to pieces
in an instant
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had not the party leaped out
and kept her off."
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NARRATOR: Some days they made
only a few miles,
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with more than 3,000 to go.
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Clark was a practical
and plain-spoken man.
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He usually commanded
the men on the river
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and kept records to make
an accurate new map of the West.
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As they pushed up the Missouri,
toward present-day Omaha, Nebraska,
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they were deep into Indian lands.
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Traders and trappers
had been up here,
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but no well-armed military party.
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CLARK: "A party of Oto and Missouri Nation
came to camp.
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Captain Lewis and myself
sent them some roasted meat.
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In return they sent us watermelons."
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[gunshot]
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CLARK: "Been up the greater part
of last night with Sergeant Floyd,
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who is as bad as he can be.
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He expired,
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having said to me before his death
that he was going away.
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We buried him with all
the honors of war, much lamented."
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NARRATOR: They pushed on
into the heart of the Great Plains.
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LEWIS: "The immense river
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waters one of the fairest
portions of the globe,
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nor do I believe that there is
in this universe
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a similar extent of country."
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NARRATOR: In this vast grassland,
Lewis discovered new species,
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including animals that barked-
like "little toy dogs," he wrote.
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[high-pitched barking]
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They would be named prairie dogs.
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[low rumbling]
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[rumbling grows stronger]
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Where there were buffalo,
there were also buffalo hunters.
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Lewis and Clark were under orders
to be friendly with native tribes.
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LEWIS: Children, we have been sent...
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NARRATOR: Lewis also let them know-
in full military dress-
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that the United States
now claimed their land.
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There were only medals
and small gifts for now.
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But in the future,
Lewis told them,
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other Americans would arrive
with a wealth of trade goods.
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LEWIS: ...and to inform you that
a great council was lately held,
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between this great chief
and your old fathers.
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NARRATOR: Lewis and Clark were passing
through a world unknown to them,
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but well-known to the Arikara,
Sioux, and Omaha...
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to the Crow, Cheyenne and Blackfeet...
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to more than 170 tribes
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and hundreds of thousands of people
living west of the Mississippi...
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hunters, farmers, fishermen.
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Some traded peacefully,
some were regularly at war.
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The Teton Sioux were
the most powerful tribe
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on the middle Missouri.
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They controlled traffic
on that stretch of the river
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and had stopped traders before.
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The expedition now
approached Teton land,
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and a tribe that had
the superior numbers
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to annihilate them.
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The encounter did not go well.
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CLARK: "Three of their young men
seized the cable of the boat...
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and the second chief
was very insolent...
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declaring I should not go on."
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NARRATOR: Finally, Chief Black Buffalo
waved his men off.
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The entire expedition
could have ended that day,
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near the present site
of Pierre, South Dakota.
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They had come some 1,600 miles
in five months,
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but ahead lay the long, bitter cold
of winter on the northern prairie.
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[drum beating]
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Lewis and Clark hoped to stay
near the Mandan and Hidatsa,
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buffalo hunters who were
often visited by traders.
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The tribes welcomed them
as friends,
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and the Mandan called them
Maci, "the pretty people."
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Together, their five villages
were home to some 4,000 people,
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more than lived in St. Louis
at the time.
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Nearby the expedition settled in
for five months of bone-chilling cold.
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CLARK: "The thermometer stood
at 45 degrees below zero..."
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"...snowed all day,
ice ran thick and air cold..."
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"...three men frostbit badly."
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NARRATOR: The captains knew almost
nothing about the land of the west.
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They hired an interpreter-
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a French fur trader
named Charbonneau.
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He had two young Shoshone wives
captured by the Hidatsa in a raid.
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The captains asked him
to bring one along
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to help interpret on the trip.
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She was about 16 years old,
and pregnant.
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The Hidatsa called her "Sacagawea."
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Tribal leaders such as Black Cat
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told them of a chain of mountains
far to the west
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that could be crossed
in half a day...
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but they would need horses.
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Sacagawea's tribe,
the Shoshone,
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would have horses
and might help.
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In winter quarters
they called Fort Mandan,
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the captains prepared a shipment
for President Jefferson
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to be taken back downriver
by some of the men in spring.
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Clark drew a map of the land
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while Lewis packed
what he had collected,
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including dozens of new
plant and animal species.
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[baby cooing]
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Sacagawea gave birth
in February,
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a difficult labor
assisted by Lewis.
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Tiny Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
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became the final member
of the expedition.
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LEWIS: "We were now
about to penetrate a country
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in which the foot of civilized man
had never trodden;
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the good or evil it had in store for us
was yet to determine.
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I could but esteem
this moment of my departure
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among the most happy of my life."
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NARRATOR: Sacagawea quickly grew
more important to the expedition.
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She showed them edible
plants and roots-
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white apples, wild artichokes
and licorice.
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When a boat overturned
in a strong wind,
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it was Sacagawea who saved
their most important items.
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Off the river, they faced
other challenges.
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MAN: Run!
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[gunshot]
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[bear growling]
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[growling]
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In present-day Montana,
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the expedition came
to a fork in the river-
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and a critical decision.
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LEWIS: "Which of these rivers
was the Missouri.
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To mistake the stream
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would not only lose us
the whole of this season
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but would probably
so dishearten the party
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that it might defeat
the expedition altogether.
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NARRATOR: The Hidatsa
had told the captains
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to look for a waterfall as proof
that they were still on the Missouri.
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What Lewis found
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would test the strength
and spirit of his men.
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The Great Falls of the Missouri
were five massive cascades.
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To continue,
they would have to carry
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everything vital to the expedition
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on a detour more than 17 miles
around the falls over rough terrain.
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CLARK: "We all believe
that we are about to enter
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on the most perilous and difficult
part of our voyage.
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All appear perfectly
to have made up their minds
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to succeed in the expedition
or perish in the attempt."
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LEWIS: "At every halt
these poor fellows tumble down
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and are asleep in an instant.
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Some are limping
from the soreness of their feet,
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others faint and unable to stand...
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yet all go with cheerfulness."
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NARRATOR: The grueling portage
left the men badly worn down
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with mountains still to come.
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But they willingly followed
their captains-
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very different men, who seemed
to command as one.
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There is no record
the two friends ever argued
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or disagreed
on an important decision.
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They had lost almost
a month at the falls,
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and they needed
to find the Shoshone,
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and obtain horses,
before the cold weather set in.
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Sacagawea now recognized
places from her youth
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and could help guide the men.
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But the Shoshone
remained elusive.
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Finally, Lewis set out
with a scouting party
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to search for them.
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LEWIS: "if we do not find them,
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I fear the successful issue
of our voyage
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will be very doubtful."
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NARRATOR: Clark
and the rest of the men
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labored on through frigid water
that was barely passable.
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They planned to reunite further upriver
once Lewis had found the Shoshone.
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Ahead somewhere was
the Missouri's source.
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From there, the men hoped
for a quick mountain crossing,
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and then an easy ride downstream
to the Pacific Ocean.
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Ahead of the boats,
Lewis made an historic discovery.
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LEWIS: "I had accomplished
one of those great objects
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on which my mind has been
unalterably fixed for many years."
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NARRATOR The source
of the great Missouri River
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had finally been found.
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From the continental divide above,
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Lewis hoped to see a river
heading westward toward the ocean.
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Instead, he confronted a scene
of crushing disappointment.
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LEWIS: "I discovered immense ranges
of high mountains
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still to the west of us
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with their tops partially
covered with snow."
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NARRATOR: The need for horses
was now more important than ever.
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The very next day,
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Lewis finally made contact
with the Shoshone
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and persuaded them to accompany him
to meet with Clark on the river.
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Once again, the fate
of the entire expedition
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was in the hands of native people,
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who had never seen
strangers like these before.
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As Sacagawea began to interpret,
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the stakes could hardly
have been higher.
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Suddenly she paused.
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[speaking Shoshone language]
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Across the years of separation
from her tribe,
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Sacagawea recognized Cameahwait,
the Shoshone chief.
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He was her brother.
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[speaking French]
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As the translation proceeded
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from Shoshone to Hidatsa
to French to English,
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the two captains
must have realized
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that once again they were
extraordinarily lucky.
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They would have their horses.
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They spent more than two weeks
with the Shoshone-
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a time of reunion for one,
and rest for them all.
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But ahead, a mountain barrier,
whose size no one had anticipated,
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loomed like a monster
with a hundred heads.
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The United States
lay behind them now;
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ahead, lands claimed
by Britain, Spain and Russia.
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They entered the Bitterroot Range
of the Rocky Mountains
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near today's Montana-Idaho border.
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An early storm brought bitter cold
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and made a dangerous crossing
even more difficult,
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coating the steep slopes
in snow and ice.
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Their Shoshone guide, "old Toby,"
even lost the way for a time.
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CLARK: "I could observe
high, rugged mountains
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in every direction
as far as I could see."
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NARRATOR: Worst of all,
there was almost no game.
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The crossing became
a starvation trek.
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LEWIS: "We suffered everything cold,
hunger and fatigue could impart."
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CLARK: "I have been wet
and as cold in every part
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as I ever was in my life,
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indeed I was at one time
fearful my feet would freeze
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in the thin moccasins
which I wore."
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[horse whinnying]
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NARRATOR: After two agonizing weeks,
they had nothing left to eat
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but a little soup, bear oil,
and candles.
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Desperate, Clark and
a small party went ahead
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hoping to find a way
out of the mountains.
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Clark finally found a way down
from the snow-covered mountains
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to a lush, open country.
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They were found by children
of the Nez Perce tribe
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and made their way
to a nearby village.
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As the story goes, the strangers
might have been killed,
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but for an old woman named Watkuweis
who pleaded for their lives.
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For two weeks, the Nez Perce
provided food and comfort.
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Lewis would later call the Nez Perce
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"...the most hospitable, honest
and sincere people
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we met with in our voyage."
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For the first time since setting out
17 months before,
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they were going downstream.
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But ahead were rapids so dangerous
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the nearby tribes gathered
to watch the white men drown.
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[eagle shrieks]
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They were heading
down the Columbia...
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the great river of the Northwest.
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It was the last highway
leading to the Pacific,
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the realm of tribes such as the Yakima,
Umatilla, Walla Walla and Chinook.
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There was one all-consuming
thing on their minds.
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CLARK: "...this great Pacific Ocean
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which we have been
so long anxious to see."
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CLARK: Captain Lewis...
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NARRATOR: Finally the moment
was at hand...
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after a year and a half
of exhausting struggle.
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CLARK: Ocean in view!
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[cheering]
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NARRATOR:
Lewis must have felt triumphant.
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His party had done what many
considered impossible-
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they had made it all the way
to the Pacific alive.
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CLARK: "The men appear
much satisfied with their trip,
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beholding with astonishment
the high waves dashing the rocks
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and this immense ocean."
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LEWIS: Gentlemen, lend an ear.
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NARRATOR: It was late in the season,
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and they had to face the reality
of another long winter far from home.
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The captains asked the entire corps
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to vote on the location
of a winter campsite...
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LEWIS: Very well.
Second option, on the south bank.
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NARRATOR: ...the first time
in recorded U.S. history
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that a slave or a woman
was allowed to vote.
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Near what is now Astoria, Oregon,
they built winter quarters-
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named Fort Clatsop
after the nearby coastal tribe.
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They traded with their Indian neighbors
for salmon, berries, and roots...
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and settled in
for four miserable months.
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There were only twelve days
without rain.
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The winter dampened
their spirits as well.
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They were homesick and longed to see
their loved ones back in the States.
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Most at home assumed
they were dead.
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Nearly two years after setting out,
they headed back upriver,
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crossing land now charted
on Clark's new map.
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The return trip would take
only six months.
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In the end, the journey
opened up the West
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to their fellow countrymen.
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It was the beginning of a new era
for the United States.
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But the Native American way of life
would never be the same.
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They had passed
among some 50 tribes,
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without whose help
they might never have returned.
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None played a greater role
in their success
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than the young woman
at their side.
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At the Mandan
and Hidatsa villages,
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they bid farewell to Sacagawea,
who stayed behind with her family.
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She had endured every danger
and deprivation,
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while also caring for a child.
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Most of the men
would never see her again.
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28 months after setting out,
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Lewis and Clark reached St. Louis,
ending an 8,000-mile odyssey.
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They were acclaimed
as national heroes...
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the first U.S. citizens
to cross the continent.
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Lewis had described at least 178 plants
and 122 animals new to science.
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Clark had drawn
new and accurate maps
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that would guide the next
generation of pioneers.
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Together, they had blazed
the path of their nation's future.
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Friends to the end, the two captains
met very different fates.
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Meriwether Lewis was named
governor of the Louisiana Territory,
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but he fell into a deep depression
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and is believed to have
taken his own life
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only three years
after the expedition.
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By contrast, William Clark
went on to a life of success,
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serving as governor
of the Missouri Territory.
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So different in nature, the two
never lost admiration for one another.
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Clark was a father
to ten children.
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His firstborn he named
Meriwether Lewis Clark.
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