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In 1803 Jefferson bought the Louisana purchase from the France, wich doubled America.Then he made explorers make a journey though the Louisianna purchase.
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To make this journey, Jefferson hired two men to do this they were Lewis and Clark. They started in 1804 in St.Louis and traveled through the Great Plains.
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Lewis and Clark found an indian tribe and the tribe gives them Sacagawea to be a guide . When it resumes they journey in to a never before seen land.
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On May 26th they spotted the outline of the great mountain range.On the next few days they spotted the outline of the Rocky Mountains.
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It took the party 24 days to get around the falls. The falls were just one of the obstacles.
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Lewis is traveling a head of the group and he spots Shoshone Indians. He made friends with the Indians and bought horses and they also gave him a guide.
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Clark and the others arrived at the indian village, they prepared to have an indian woman named sacagawea to be there transelater and guide.
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A blinding snow storm struck. it was so bad that the shoshone god was even lost.
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The explorers reach the Columbia river.
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When Lewis and Clark were on the journey they looked west and several miles away they sawl the pacific ocean. they were almost done traveling through the Louisiana purchase.
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The journals kept by Lewis and Clark, and several other members of their expedition were published so every body could know about there heroic adventure.
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Lewis and Clark cross the Continental Divide at Gibbons Pass.
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The Lewis and Clark expedition arrived safely back to St. Louis, were there journey have begun about two years ago. They have travelled 8 thousand miles.
