Lewis & Clark For Dummies Book

	Introduction	1
	About this Book	1
	Conventions Used in This Book	1
	How This Book Is Organized	2
	Icons Used in This Book	6
	Where to Go from Here	6
Part I	Lewis and Clark's America	7
Chapter 1	Reflecting on the Legacy: Lewis and Clark, Then and Now	9
	Proving That Truth Is Stranger (and Better) Than Fiction	9
	Meeting the Cast of the Saga	10
	Accepting Mission Improbable	12
	Placing Lewis and Clark in History	14
	Retracing the Corps' Steps: The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail	18
	Joining the Journey: The National Bicentennial Commemoration	19
Chapter 2	Getting Acquainted with the Expedition's People and Places	23
	Pursuing His Dream: Thomas Jefferson	23
	Journeying to the Pacific: The Corps of Discovery	26
	Helping the Corps Survive and Succeed: The American Indians	41
	Offering Support: Tutors and Traders	48
	Playing a Leading Role: The Land and the Rivers	50
Chapter 3	Compelling Lewis and Clark West	61
	Don't Know Much about Geography	62
	Jefferson's Motto: If at First You Don't Succeed	64
	Jefferson's Euro Struggles	67
Part II	Into the Known: Monticello to Fort Mandan	71
Chapter 4	Gambling Big--the Jeffersonian Way	73
	Jefferson and Lewis: Almost Kinfolk	73
	White House Calling	77
	Jefferson and Lewis Multi-Task	80
	Clark for Co-Captain	85
Chapter 5	Training an Explorer	89
	Traveling to the Wise Men	89
	Shopping for the Voyage	95
	Giving Lewis His Marching Orders	97
	Recruiting Two Good Men (and a Great Dog)	100
	Getting the Boat to Float	101
	Uniting with Clark and Shoving Off	104
Chapter 6	Wintering at Camp Dubois	107
	Rowing Against Time	108
	Looking for a Few Good Men	109
	Stocking Up on Supplies	113
	Collecting Bugs, Leaves, Stats, and Maps	114
	Worrying about the American Indians	115
	Keeping Rank Secrets	116
	Braving the Storms: The Expedition Begins	117
Chapter 7	Traveling on the Big Muddy	119
	Leaving "Civilization" Behind	119
	Rowing, Poling, and Towing	120
	Viewing the Vast, Bountiful Prairie	121
	Getting Sick, Lost, Scared, and Busted	123
Chapter 8	Pitching American Trade to the Western Tribes	127
	Poling Past the Platte	128
	Peddling Peace and Prosperity to the Otoes and Missouris	129
	Wooing the Sioux	134
	Persuading the Arikaras	141
Chapter 9	Enjoying a Cold Winter among Warm Mandans	149
	Promoting the American Trade Plan	150
	Building Fort Mandan	154
	Meeting Sacagawea	155
	Trying to Manipulate Plains Politics	158
	Living Life at 45[degree] Below Zero	160
	Making Maps and Feeling Optimistic about the Northwest Passage	161
Part III	Into the Unknown: Fort Mandan to the Pacific	165
Chapter 10	Journeying through Paradise and Purgatory on the Northern Plains	167
	Closing Up the Fort and Sending the Keelboat Home	168
	Never-Ending Enchantment on the Plains	169
	Appreciating Sacagawea	175
	Deciding Which River Was the Missouri	177
	Hearing the Roar of the Great Falls at Last	178
	Sailing Boats over the Prairie	179
	Launching the Experimental Boat	182
	Savoring the Last Gill of Whiskey	183
Chapter 11	Searching for Snakes and Horses	185
	Sailing through the Gates of the Mountains	185
	Avoiding Assiniboines	188
	Desperately Seeking Shoshones	189
	Scaring Away a Shoshone	194
	Realizing the Awesome Truth about the West	196
Chapter 12	Making a Cold, Hungry, and Dangerous Trek across the Mountains	199
	Needing the Shoshones (but the Shoshones Need to Leave)	200
	Hooking Up with the Shoshones	201
	Promising Guns in the Future for Horses Now	205
	Returning from The River of No Return	206
	Preparing for a Long Walk	208
	Slipping, Sliding, and Hacking Their Way Up the Divide	210
	Meeting "Welsh" Indians	211
	Resting for the Next Climb	213
	Freezing and Starving over the Bitterroot Mountains	215
	Descending Joyfully to Level Ground	218
Chapter 13	Recording "Ocian In View! O! The Joy"	221
	Escaping the Mountains: Clark Reaches the Weippe Prairie	222
	Getting a Camas Bread Welcome: Lewis Joins Clark and the Nez Perce	224
	Getting Back on the Water	226
	Meeting the Salmon People: Wanapums, Yakamas, Walla Wallas, and Umatillas	228
	Going to the Super Market	232
	Running the Falls: Extreme Canoeing in the Columbia Gorge	233
	Loving to Hate the Chinookan Tribes	234
	Celebrating an Ocean View	238
Chapter 14	Coping on the Coast	239
	Holing Up at Cape Disappointment	240
	Building Fort Clatsop	242
	Getting to Know Cuscalar	244
	Making Salt	245
	Being Out-Maneuvered in Trade and Diplomacy	246
	Suffering through the Winter: Oh, How I Wanna Go Home	248
	Mapping and Drawing	253
Part IV	Bound for Home	257
Chapter 15	Stealing Away and Climbing Every Mountain (Twice)	259
	Fleeing the Columbia River and Its Peoples	260
	Seeking Respite with the Walla Wallas	267
	Returning to the Nez Perce	269
	Passing the Time at Camp Chopunnish	271
	Facing the Bitterroots Again	273
Chapter 16	Exploring Far Horizons	277
	Splitting Up at Travelers' Rest	278
	Exploring the Yellowstone: Clark Leaves His Mark	280
	Bringing Tragedy to Two Medicine	286
	Reuniting the Corps	293
Chapter 17	Heading Home	295
	Trying Again to Impose the American Trade Plan on the Indians	296
	Parting with Sacagawea, Pomp, Charbonneau, and Colter	301
	Returning to "Civilization"	302
	Reaching Cheering Crowds in St. Louis	304
	Basking in Praise from the President, the Press, and the Public	304
	Disbanding the Corps	307
Chapter 18	Exploring the Fate and Lessons of the Corps of Discovery	309
	Arriving in Washington	310
	Dying Young: Meriwether Lewis	310
	Living Long: William Clark	316
	Expecting Freedom: York	320
	Becoming a Legend in Three Cultures: Sacagawea	321
	Traveling Happy: Jean Baptiste (Pompy)	323
	Surprising Outcomes: Men of the Corps	324
	Breaking Promises to the American Indians	329
	Altering the Land and Rivers	331
	Proceeding On	334
Part V	The Part of Tens	335
Chapter 19	Twenty Places Lewis and Clark Saw: Ten Changed; Ten Unchanged	337
	Ten Places Changed Completely	337
	Ten Places Unchanged	339
Chapter 20	The Ten Best Places to Visit on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail	343
	Monticello	343
	Falls of the Ohio State Park	344
	Katy Trail State Park	344
	Joslyn Art Museum	345
	Native American Scenic Byway	345
	Fort Mandan	346
	Pompeys Pillar	346
	Nez Perce National Historical Park	347
	Columbia Gorge Discovery Center	347
	Fort Clatsop National Memorial	348
Chapter 21	Ten Resources for Information about Lewis and Clark	349
	The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Volumes 1-13	349
	Lewis and Clark among the Indians	350
	The Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents, 1783-1854	350
	Lewis and Clark Pioneering Naturalists	350
	Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West	350
	Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition	351
	In Search of York--The Slave Who Went to the Pacific with Lewis and Clark	351
	Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail	351
	Lewis and Clark--The Journey of the Corps of Discovery	352
	www.lewis-clark.org	352
	We Proceeded On	352
Part VI	Appendixes	353
Appendix A	Tribal Homelands Visited by the Expedition	355
Appendix B	Glossary	359
	Index	363