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| 1 | The Lewis and Clark expedition left St. Louis, Missouri in the spring of 1804. |
| 2 | Near the Mandan villages in present day North Dakota, Lewis and Clark built a fort to spend the winter. |
| 3 | Hired a French fur trader to translate some Native American Languages for them. |
| 4 | Lewis and Clark hoped that Sacajawea would translate for them when they reached the land of the Shoshones. |
| 5 | In the spring of 1805, the small party of about 40 set out ontheir historic trip with 6 small canoes and 2 large ones. |
| 6 | Lewis and Clark reached the source of the Missouri River where the snow capped Rockies were in sight. |
| 7 | The expedition reached Montana, where they needed horses to cross the high mountains. |
| 8 | The travelers made contact with the Shoshones, enabling them to get horses to cross the high mountains. |
| 9 | They traveled down the Snake River to the Columbia River and on to the Pacific Ocean. |
| 10 | Near the mouth of the Columbia River, they built a small fort where they spent the winter of 1805-1806. |
| 11 | Not finding a trading ship, they returned to St. Louis in 1806. |
| 12 | Lewis and Clark brought back seeds, plants, and even a few living animals. They also brought back detailed descriptions of the land and its people, and maps locating rivers and mountains. |
