What are 3 gifts Lewis and clark broght to the native Americans?

Answer 1

Among the items gathered for the expedition, as listed by Lewis, gifts for Native Americans were as follows:

Native American Presents

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 Common 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 Tennessee

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 second 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

Answer 2

Lewis and Clark brought gifts such as peace medals, uniforms, and flags to the Native Americans they encountered during their expedition. These gifts were meant to establish goodwill and diplomacy with the native tribes they encountered along their journey.