![]() ![]() Along the way, the explorers encounter Shoshones, Flatheads, Nez Perces, and other Indian tribes, some of whom had never before met white people. ![]() ![]() This volume documents their travels from the Three Forks of the Missouri River in present-day Montana to the Cascades of the Columbia River on today's Washington-Oregon border, including the expedition's progress over the rugged Bitterroot Mountains, along the nearly impenetrable Lolo Trail. The late-summer and fall months of 1805 were the most difficult period of Lewis and Clark's journey. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 1804–6. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. President Thomas Jefferson shared this dream. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography. Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage across the North American continent. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 18046. ![]()
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