Once I had a farm in Africa sailboat on the Missouri River

 

with five women from Fort Benton to the James Kipp Recreation Area.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

There are links located along the river. Click on any to check out the special  information about the Missouri.

 

Our Trip	Lewis & Clark Trip
Our first day was beautiful bright and sunny.  We left the docks loaded down with food, bags, soft chairs, coolers, and fresh water....enough to last for 6 days on the Missouri.	On April 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery left Fort Mandan, where they had spent the previous winter, and headed west. On their maps, the land that Lewis and Clark was headed toward was indicated by a vast, blank space and the word, "Unknown."  From that point forward, every trail the Corps walked, every corner they rounded, was new. No one had any idea of what was to come, or what to expect.
Why do humans explore?  Why did Lewis & Clark take on such a journey? How do explorers of the past help researchers living today? How does the history of exploration help build the future?	Click here to answer the questions below. Who asked Lewis and Clark to explore the west and why? From where did Lewis and Clark begin their journey? How long were they expected to be gone? What American Indian group challenged Lewis & Clark?  What did they want?  What was the outcome? What decision did Lewis & Clark make about letting Toussaint Charbonneau and his young wife joining the expedition?  What is his wife's name? What indian chief did the members of the expedition meet?  Who on the expedition did he know, and how did he help? Do you think it was wise for Lewis and Clark to brave the icy mountains, or would you have waited for spring?  Explain your decision. What river did the expedition take to the Pacific Ocean?  How were they helped? How long did the whole trip take?  Would you want to make a trip like this?  Why or Why not? Imagine you are one of the brave exploreres on this expedition.  It's been a long day and you are settling near a warm fire with paper and your quill pen in hand.  What would your journal entry say?

Create a list of your supplies you'd take with you on a two day camping trip or a five day camping trip.  Remember all of the survival kit items too. Resource http://www.adventuresports.com/asap/product/mpi/kids_kit.htm Suitcase handout PDF

Click here to try the trail from the PBS site. This is where Into the Unknown begins. Only with one difference: you're leading the expedition now.  Note: Into the Unknown, an interactive story written by PBS Online and based on the Lewis and Clark expedition, is fiction and should not be relied upon as a source for accurate historical information.

Once he was named by President Thomas Jefferson to head the Corps of Discovery, Meriwether Lewis began preparations for the long trip ahead. Much of that preparation involved education; in the months prior to his departure, Lewis would learn astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine and biology, among other scientific disciplines.   In addition, Lewis spent his time accumulating all the supplies that the expedition was going to need. He wrote list after list of provisions, which included guns, ammunition, medical supplies and scientific instruments. While still on the East Coast, Lewis accumulated almost two tons of goods using the $2,500 Congress had allocated for the expedition.   The following list is only a sampling of the supplies taken west by the Corps of Discovery, but it should give a sense of what an undertaking the expedition was.

 

Lewis and Clarks' Supply List

Traveling Library:       Barton?s Elements of Botany      Antoine Simon Le Page du Pratz?s History of Louisiana      Richard Kirwan?s Elements of Mineralogy      A Practical Introduction to Spherics and Nautical Astronomy      The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris      a four-volume dictionary      a two-volume edition of Linnaeus (     the founder of the Latin classification of plants)      tables for finding longitude and latitude      map of the Great Bend of the Missouri River  Camp Supplies:                 150 yards of cloth to be oiled and                 sewn into tents and sheets                 pliers                 chisels                 30 steels for striking to make fire                 handsaws                 hatchets                 whetstones                 iron corn mill                 two dozen tablespoons                 mosquito curtains                 10 1/2 pounds of fishing hooks and fishing lines                 12 pounds of soap                 193 pounds of "portable soup"                 (a thick paste concocted by boiling down beef,                   eggs and vegetables)                  three bushels of salt                 writing paper, ink and crayons

Medicine and Medical Supplies:                 50 dozen Dr. Rush?s patented "Rush?s pills"                 lancets                 forceps                syringes                 tourniquets                 1,300 doses of physic                 1,100 hundred doses of emetic                 3,500 doses of diaphoretic (sweat inducer)                 other drugs for blistering, salivation                 and increased kidney output  Presents for Indians:                 12 dozen pocket mirrors                 4,600 sewing needles                 144 small scissors                 10 pounds of sewing thread                 silk ribbons                 ivory combs                 handkerchiefs                 yards of bright-colored cloth                 130 rolls of tobacco                 tomahawks that doubled as pipes                 288 knives                 8 brass kettles                 vermilion face paint                 33 pounds of tiny beads of assorted colors

Arms and Ammunition:        15 prototype Model 1803 muzzle-loading .54 caliber rifles         knives         500 rifle flints         420 pounds of sheet lead for bullets         176 pounds of gunpowder packed in 52 lead canisters         1 long-barreled rifle that fired its bullet with compressed air,          rather than by flint, spark and powder  Clothing:                 45 flannel shirts                 coats                 frocks                 shoes                 woolen pants                 blankets                 knapsacks                 stockings  Mathematical Instruments:                surveyor?s compass                 hand compass                 quadrants                 telescope                 thermometers                 2 sextants                 set of plotting instruments                 chronometer (needed to calculate longitude)

 

On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of America?s greatest stories of adventure. Twenty-five hundred dollars were appropriated to fund a small expeditionary group, whose mission was to explore the uncharted West. Jefferson called the group the Corps of Discovery. It would be led by Jefferson?s secretary, Meriwether Lewis, and Lewis? friend,William Clark.

Lesson 1 (SS) The student will examine the historical context of the expedition and trace the path followed by the Corps of Discovery.  Lesson 2 (SS) The student will explore the mental, physical, and geographical challenges faced by the Corps of Discovery.  Lesson 3 (SS) The student will practice cartography skills.  Lesson 4 (SS) The student will use journal entries from the Corps of Discovery to develop a historical narrative of the expedition.  Lesson 5 (SS) The student will identify the structure of the Dakota Nation and practice communication skills in the context of a conflict.  Lesson 6 (SS) The student will work in a group to complete a map and discuss the impact of the expedition on the Lakota Indians.  Lesson 7 (SS) The student will identify the contributions that York, Sacagawea, and several Native American tribes made toward the success of the expedition.  Lesson 8 (M) The student will estimate the time and distance traveled by the Corps of Discovery and construct a multiple line graph to visually compare the data. Lesson 9 (M) The student will estimate the number and types of supplies that would be needed for a trans-continental expedition.  Lesson 10 (M) The student will apply measurement skills and ratio and proportion to collect data on vegetation.

Lesson 11 (S) The student will create a river and examine its dynamics.  Lesson 12 (S) The student will practice skills related to the science of taxonomy.  Lesson 13 (S) The student will compare the positions of select animals in the food web both at the time of the expedition and now.  Lesson 14 (LA) The student will practice their descriptive writing skills by communicating an unknown idea to another.  Lesson 15 (LA) The student will explore communication challenges faced by the Corps of Discovery.  Lesson 16 (LA) The student will create and publish an online newspaper with details on events from the expedition.  Lesson 17 (LA) The student will write a journal entry from the point of view of one member of the expedition.