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What are some of the supplies taken on the Lewis and Clark expedition?
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Mariner's Compass & 2 pole chain
Set of plotting instruments
Thermometers
Cheap portable microscope
Pocket compass
Brass scale (1ft in length)
Magnetic needles in small straight silver or brass cases opening on the side with hinges
Instrument for measuring made of tape with feet and inches marked on it
Hydrometers
Theodolite
Set of planespheres
Artificial Horizons
Patent log
Papers of ink powder
Metal pens of brass and silver
Set of small slates & pencils
Creyons [not in the sense that we know, and that's how they spell it]
Sealing wax one bundle
1 Miller's edition of Lineus in 2 Vol
Books, Maps, Charts, Blank Vocabularies, Writing paper
1 Pair large brass money scales with two sets of weights
15 Rifles
15 Powder Horns & pouches complete
15 Pairs of Bullet Moulds
15 d. of Wipers or Gun worms
15 Ball screws
24 Pipe Tomahawks
24 Large knives
Extra parts of locks & tools for repairing items
15 Gun slings
500 Best flints
200 lbs. Best rifle powder
400 lbs. Lead
15 3 pt. Blankets
15 Match Coats with Hoods & belts
15 Woolen Overalls
15 Rifle Frocks of waterproof Cloth if possible
30 Pairs of socks or half stockings
20 Fatigue frocks or hunting shirts
30 Shirts of strong linen
30 yds. Common flannel
6 Copper kettles (1 of 5 gallons, 1 of 3, 2 of 2, & 2 of 1)
35 Falling axes
4 Drawing knives, short & strong
2 Augers of the patent kind
1 Small permanent Vice
1 Hand vice
36 Gimblets assorted
24 Files
12 Chisels
10 Nails
2 Steel plate hand saws
2 Vials of Phosphorous
1 container of phosphorous made of allum & sugar
4 Groce fishing hooks assorted
12 Bunches of drum line
2 Foot adzes
12 Bunches of small cord
2 Pick axes
3 Coils of rope
2 Spades
12 Bunches of small fishing line assorted
1 lb. Turkey or Oil stone
1 Iron mill for grinding corn
20 yds. of oil linen for wrapping & securing articles
10 yds of thicker quality for covering and lining boxes
40 yds of strong cloth to form two half faced Tents or Shelters
4 Tin blowing trumpets
2 Hand or spiral sping Steelyards
20 yds strong Oznaburgs
24 Iron spoons
24 Pint tin cups (without handles)
30 Steels for striking or making fire
100 Flints
2 Frows
6 Saddlers large needles
6 Large awls
Mosquito curtains
2 Patent chamber lamps & wicks
15 Oil cloth bags for securing provision
1 Sea grass hammock
150 lbs. Portable soup
3 Bushels of allum or rock salt
Spices assorted
6 Kegs of 5 gallons each making 30 gallons of rectified spirits
6 Kegs bound with iron hoops
5 lbs. White Wampum
5 lbs. White glass beads mostly small
20 lbs. Red beads assorted
5 lbs. of Yellow or Orange beads assorted
30 Calico shirts
12 Pieces of East India muslin handkerchiefs sprtiped or check'd with brilliant colors
12 Red silk handkerchiefs
144 Small sheap looking glasses
100 Burning glasses
4 Vials of Phosphorous
288 Steels for striking fire
144 Small cheap scissors
20 Pair large scissors
12 Groce needles assorted. 1 to 8 Common points.
12 Groce assorted with points for sewing leather.
288 Commong brass thimbles
10 lbs. Sewing thread assorted
24 Hanks sewing silk
8 lbs. Red lead
2 lbs. Vermillion
288 Knives small such as are generally used for the Indian trade, with fox'd blades & handles inlaid with brass
36 Large knives
36 Pipe tomahawks
12 lbs. Brass wire assorted
12 lbs. Iron wire, generally large
6 Belts of narrow ribbons colours assorted
50 lbs. Spun tobacco
20 Small falling axes to be obtained in Tennesee
40 Fish giggs such as the Indians use with a single barbed point - at Harper's Ferry
3 Groce fishing hooks assorted
3 Groce Mockerson awls assorted
50 lbs. Powder secured in a keg covered with oil cloth
24 Belts of worsted feiret or gartering colours brilliant and assorted
15 Sheets of copper cut into strips of an inch in wideth & a foot long
20 Sheets of tin
12 lbs. Strips of sheet iron 1 inch wide and 1 foot long
1 Piece of red cloth secong quality
1 Nest of 8 or 9 small copper kettles
100 Block-tin rings cheap kind ornamented with colored glass or mock-stone
2 Groces of brass curtain rings & sufficiently large for the finger
1 Groce cast iron combs
24 Blankets
12 Arm bands silver
12 Wrist bands
36 Ear trinkets
6 Groce drops of silver
4 dozen rings for fingers
4 Groces broaches of silver
12 Small medals
1 Keeled boat light strong at least 60 feet in length her burthen equal to 8 tons
1 Iron frame of canoe 40 feet long
1 Large Wooden canoe
12 Spikes for setting poles
4 Boat hooks & points complete
2 Chains and pad-locks for confining the boat & canoes
52 Pirogues (open boats)
Square sail (also called a broad sail)
35 Oars
2 Horses
15 lbs. of Best powder's bark
10 lbs. Epsom or Glauber Salts
4 oz. Calomel
12 oz. Opium
1.5 oz. Tartar emetic
8 oz. Borax
4 oz. Powdered Ipecacuana
8 oz. Powder Jalap
8 oz. Powdered Rhubarb
6 Best lancets
2 oz. White vitriol
4 oz. Lacteaum Saturni
4 Pewter Penis syringes
1 Flour of Sulphur
3 Clyster pipes
4 oz. Turlingtons Balsam
2 lbs. Yellow Bascilium
2 Sticks of Symple Diachylon
1 lb. Blistering Ointments
2 lbs. Nitre
2 lbs. Coperas
Barton's Elements of botany
Antoine Simon Le Page du Pratz's History of Louisiana
Richard Kirwan's Elements of Mineralogy
A Practical Introduction to Spherics and Nautical Astronomy
The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris
Afour-volume dictionary
Atwo-volume edition of Linnaeus (the founder of the Latin classification of plants)
Tables for finding longitude and latitude
Map of the Great Bend of the Missouri River
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Did Lewis and Clark discover Washington state?
Yes, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark did discover Washington State. But without Sacaguea's help the expedition, it would've taken much longer
When York the slave born?
York was a slave owned by Captain William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. York was taken on the Expedition and participated fully. York's date of brith is not known, but he was about the same age as Captain Clark, who was born in 1770.
When the Lewis and Clark expedition got to Shoshone Territory what member of the Sacagawea's family did the accidentally meet?
her father. he was chief of some other tribe and she had been taken away or something.
Did Lewis and Clark kidnap sacagawea?
No they did not. Sacajawea was about thirteen years of age when she was bought and taken as a wife by Toussaint Charbonneau, a French trapper. She would join the Lewis and Clark expedition after her husband was interviewed to be an interpreter. Lewis and Clark (esp Clark) weren't overly impressed with his skills, but were impressed with Sacagawea who spoke Hidatsa and Shoshone. Therefore they hired Toussaint and Sacagawea naturally came along.
Why were beads taken on the Lewis and clark expidition?
They were taken as gifts to give to the Indians and there leaders.
What is the Lewis and Clark trail?
The Lewis and Clark Trail is a highway. The path of the highway follows the approximate path of the journey taken by explorers Lewis and Clark. There is also a hiking trail called the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. This route goes across 3,700 miles from Illinois to Oregon.
What did Lewis and Clark do during their free time while on the expedition?
Louis and Clark were American explorers who traveled extensively mapping the interior of what would become the United States. As this area was never before documented, much of their spare time was taken up with writing observations and journals.
What are some important dates of Sacagawea?
first of all Sacajawea was born in 1788. at age 12 (1800) she was taken away from her family, friends, and loved ones by a tribe. at age 16 1804, she started her expedition with Lewis and Clark.
Why did Sacagawea go on the expedition?
Sacagawea really didn't assertively join the expedition. It was her husband Toussaint Charbonneau who was invited and hired by Lewis and Clark as an interpreter, and Sacagawea would at first only serve as a companion. However, her skills in interpretation proved superior to her husband's, and Lewis and Clark were impressed. She was also very calm and level-headed in many instances, whereas her husband would often panic so Lewis and Clark learned to trust her guidance more than his.She became invaluable as a guide in the region of her birth, near the Three Forks of the Missouri, and as a interpreter between the expedition and her tribe when the expedition reached that area. After she gave birth during the expedition to Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau on February 11, 1805 she also quieted the fears of other Native Americans, for no war party traveled with a woman and a small baby.
What happened to Meriwether Lewis on the return trip?
Captain Merriweather Lewis of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition died on October 11, 1809 from two gunshot wounds, one to the chest and one to the head. Both Thomas Jefferson and partner, Captain Clark, believed the cause of death was suicide. Lewis had taken to drinking and was having some problems with new president, James Madison approving his expenses. However, some historians believe Lewis may have been murdered. The park department has refused to exhume the body so that forensic tests may be done.
Who was the slave taken on the trip with Lewis and Clark?
His name was York, and he was Clark's slave, willed to him by his father. He was born circa 1770 and he was born into slavery as both his mother Rose and his father York were already slaves of the Clark family. But Clark did not like to refer to him as a "slave", so in the journals he called him "my servant". The two men had grown up together, and Clark trusted him completely. York was tall, strong, a valuable member of the expedition, and devoted to Clark, who freed him when they returned to St. Louis. Subsequently Clark set him up in the draying business.
Why did Lewis and clark. believe that the presence of sacagaweas baby might have a beneficial effect on the expedition?
Because ultimately, if they were ever stopped or taken by tribes along their journey, having a baby would show they had peaceful intent and were not a hostile war party, as it was known that indian war parties did not travel with women and children in their group.
