Into the Unknown
Meeting the Shoshone
Crossing the Rockies
To the Pacific
Homeward Heroes
100
The Hidatsa told Lewis and Clark that they would need this animal in order to cross the mountains.
What are horses?
100
Lewis and Clark received these from the Shoshone.
What are horses?
100
The corps ate this in order to survive while crossing the Bitterroot Mountains, located primarily in Idaho.
What is a horse?
100
This is where the Corps stayed for the winter in Oregon.
What is Fort Clatsop?
100
On the return journey, there was violence between Lewis and this tribe.
Who are the Blackfoot?
200
Lewis's name for the wagons that carried the expedition's belongings around the Great Falls.
What are "trucks"?
200
Chief Cameahwait was this person's brother.
Who was Sacagawea?
200
The name Lewis and Clark had for the Shoshone guide that traveled with the Corps.
Who was Old Toby?
200
They built their fort out of these.
What are logs?
200
The Corps was able to travel 70 to 80 miles most days on this river - much different than their journey out west!
What is the Missouri River?
300
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What is the number of falls in the Great Falls?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
As a sign of peace, Lewis put this on the faces of the Shoshone women that they came across.
300
After descending into a valley and making it through the Bitterroots, the Corps met this tribe.
Who are the Chopponish?
300
After the Clearwater River, the Corps traveled on these two rivers before reaching the Pacific Ocean.
What are the Snake River and the Columbia River?
300
Keeping his earlier promise, this Chopponish chief returned the Corps' horses that were left in the care of the Chopponish.
Who was Chief Twisted Hair?
400
Cracked wagon wheels, gnats and mosquitos, and cold rain and hailstones.
What are challenges of going around the Great Falls?
400
In exchanged for horses, the Shoshone wanted these for their protection.
What are guns?
400
The Corps felt a great sense of relief and hope as they placed their new canoes in this river.
What is the Clearwater River?
400
This clue suggested to the men that they were near the Pacific Ocean.
What is a Native American wearing a sailor's jacket?
400
With food in short supply, this skill of Clark's became even more helpful.
What was his medical skill?
500
The expedition sent these things back to Pres Tommy Jeff on the keelboat.
What are animal samples, progress reports, and a live prairie dog?
500
The name Lewis gave to the three mile long canyon on the Missouri River.
What is The Gates of the Mountain?
500
Stocking up on food before entering; the horse provided enough food; the Corps split up to hunt; and a tribe gave them food, taught them how to quickly make canoes, looked after their horses, and provided two guides for the remainder of their journey.
What are things that went well in the Bitterroot Mountains?
500
The men used ropes to lower their canoes in order to get around these falls.
Celilo Falls?
500
The Oregon Territory became part of the United States in this year. It became a state in 1859 (more than ten years later).
What is 1846?