It Happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LAND DEAL OF THE CENTURY: March 9, 1804 -- THE FIRST DAYS ON THE RIVER: May 14-18, 1804 -- LEAVING LA CHARRETTE: May 25, 1804 -- CAROLINA PARAKEETS: June 25, 1804 -- THE LAST OF THE BUTTER: July 19, 1804 -- THE OTTEAU VILLAGE: July 25-August 5, 1804 -- DESERTION: August 18, 1804 -- A FALLEN COMRADE: August 20, 1804 -- REUNION: September 11, 1804 -- ENCOUNTER WITH THE SIOUX: September 25-28, 1804 -- CRUZATTE AND THE GREAT WHITE BEAR: October 20, 1804 -- LIFE AMONG THE MANDANS: November 20, 1804 -- "MORE COLD THAN I THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE": January 10, 1805 -- A BABY JOINS THE EXPEDITION: February 11, 1805 -- CHARBONNEAU DECLARE SHE WON'T GO: March 12, 1805 -- THE ICE BREAKUP: March 29, 1805 -- GRIZZLY ENCOUNTERS: April 29, 1805 -- SACAGAWEA SAVES THE DAY: May 14, 1805 -- SEAMAN AND THE BEAVER: May 19, 1805 -- LEWIS SEES THE MOUNTAINS: May 26, 1805 -- THE MISSOURI OR THE MARIAS: June 4-10, 1805 -- THE GREAT FALLS: June 13, 1805 -- INDEPENDENCE AND IRON BOATS: July 4-9, 1805 -- THE GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS: July 19, 1805 -- MUSQUITERS: July 25, 1805 -- A FAMILY REUNION: August 17, 1805 -- TRAVELER'S REST: September 9, 1805 -- NOT EVEN THEIR WOOD: October 13-14, 1805 -- THE DALLES: October 24, 1805 -- TAKING A VOTE: November 24, 1805 -- CHRISTMAS ON THE PACIFIC: December 25, 1805 -- THE WHALE: January 5, 1806 -- BUYING HATS: February 22, 1806 -- THE RETURN BEGINS: March 18, 1806 -- MAGIC FOR WAPPATO: April 2, 1806 -- POMP'S ILLNESS: May 26, 1806 -- A BRIEF RETREAT: June 17, 1806 -- FIREWORKS: June 25, 1806 -- A HOT BATH AT LAST: June 29, 1806 -- SPLITTING UP: July 3, 1806 -- THE YELLOWSTONE: July 15, 1806 -- POMPEY'S PILLAR: July 25, 1806 -- ENCOUNTER WITH THE BLACKFEET: July 26-27, 1806 -- WOUNDED: August 11-12, 1806 -- MAYBE HOME IS IN THE ROCKIES: August 15, 1806 -- HUZZAH! September 20, 1806 -- EPILOGUE.

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION FACTS AND TRIVIA -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

It Happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition features fascinating events from Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's 1803-1805 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.

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