Sacagawea interpreted for them.
Thomas Jefferson was president at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. infact, he sent Lewis out to explore and Lewis chose Clark to come along. So, Thomas Jefferson had a huge influence on the expedition.
No, Sacagawea did not marry Meriwether Lewis or William Clark. However, she did go on an expedition with Lewis and Clark along with her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau.
the Missouri River
The Lewis and Clark expedition followed the Missouri river westward, through what is now Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. This expedition began on May 14, 1804.
His name is York, Clarks Slave
They stopped in North Dakota,Montana,Washington.
yes there is, it is along the Missouri river http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index_flash.HTML. that is a great website to learn more about the Lewis and clark expedition.
Even before the Lewis and Clark expedition, people already knew that the Pacific Ocean existed. The mission of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, they expected to find the Pacific, but they did not expect the various animal and native encounters along the way.
William Clark along with Meriwether Lewis formed the famous explorers Lewis and Clark. They went on a three year expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. They were also tasked with claiming the Oregon Territory for the United States.
The expedition traveled along the Missouri River.
They thought it would be a good idea to bring the baby along because they thought it would show that the expedition's intentions were peaceful.
Contrary to popular belief, the expedition DID NOT begin in St. Louis, Missouri. The first entry in the Lewis and Clark Expedition Journals state that the journey began in Pittsburgh, PA on August 30, 1803. Lewis, who had been assigned by Jefferson sailed down the Ohio River with supplies towards St. Louis. William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). Provided below is a link to the first journal entry of the Lewis and Clark expedition where you can read about how Lewis bought an air gun that accidentally went off and made a poor woman faint. Also, you can read about how difficult it was to travel along the Ohio River.