http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and a mountain of pure salt awaited them
3. some 300 species unknown to science, nearly 50 Indian tribes, and the Rockies.
4. May 14, 1804 (or May 21?)
5. 55 feet 17 meters
6. pirogues
7. on the keelboat, charting the course and making maps,
8. on the land, (ashore) studying the rock formations, soil, animals, and plants along the way.
9. river islands
10. 600 miles (1,110 kilometers)
11. Sioux (Teton Sioux)
12. Sergeant Charles Floyd
13. elk, deer, buffalo, and beaver.
14. Teton Sioux
15. Fort Mandan (North Dakota)
16. Pronghorn Antelope
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17. Meriwether Lewis
18. Thomas Jefferson
19. France, Spain & Great Britain
20. the country of Louisiana having been ceded by Spain to France,
21. the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it,
22. friendly & conciliatory manner
23. 20th day of June 1803
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