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Facts

Date 1804 - 1806
Location United States

Did You Know?

  • A fellow expedition member mistook Meriwether Lewis for an elk and shot him in the rear.
  • After Sacagawea's death, William Clark adopted her children, Jean-Baptiste and Lisette.
  • Mercury pills were used as a panacea for illnesses such as dysentery, arsenic poisoning, and malaria.
  • Lewis and Clark consumed dog, buffalo, and squirrel meat on the journey.
  • The Corps of Discovery brought 144 small scissors to trade with the Native Americans.

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William Clark
William Clark
American explorer
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer
Sacagawea
Sacagawea
Native American explorer