Spring, 1806

Dear Mr. Jefferson,
The journey was the Corps at its best. The journey was America at its best. I have given you a wonderful expedition. I have written down most of my experiences in blogs, and have some discoveries too. I have sailed down the river in a keel boat, eaten 9 pounds of meat a day, been at Sgt. Floyd’s grave, met with the Teton Sioux, stopped at the Mandan villages and helped build Fort Mandan for a place to stay in the winter. I have also met Sacagawea, encountered Grizzly bears, sailed through the white cliffs, made it to the fork in the rivers and help decide which one to take. I also have helped carry the supplies up pass the waterfalls walking on prickly pear cacti. I helped but together Captain Lewis’s iron boat, and I have met the Shoshones and received the horses from them I have made it over the Bitter Root Mountains and Have Made it to the Ocean. I have helped built Fort Clatsop.
I have looked at my contract and I believe I should be paid with an A-. I don’t think my work the best, but it is pretty good and there are about enough there for an A. I have also brought a discovery back, but only one. I think overall I should be paid with an A-.


Signed,
Danielson

The Ocean!!!

November 15, 1805. We have reached the Ocean!!! We were in an area witch we thought was the Ocean, but it wasn't. We were just in a big storm. It is very damp and moist here. We our all very happy that we made it sucsefully to the ocean. We are looking for any ships in the ocean that might be here. This is an amazing sight.

Salmon

17 October, 1805 we have passed the Mountains and are going down the Coulumbia River. Their is a lot of salmon here the river is crowded with them. There are a lot of Indians trying to catch them. All the men don't want to eat the salmon. There is also a lot of dead salmon on the shores and floating in the river. All of us are eating dog meat from the dogs that the area's Indians trade to us.

The Most Terrible Mountains

Late Summer, 1805. I can't wait to pass these mountains. There is almost nothing to eat up here. We are so used to one man eating nine pounds of meat a day that right now we feel and are starving. Old Toby, the person showing us the way across the mountains, got us lost. There was around eight inches of snow and we could barely walk. We had to boil snow over a camp fire to get water because there is almost no water up here. Because of some of the trails the horses fall of the ledge. We've killed two horses to eat. We had to kill a horse that fell off the ledge. We made it to a hot spring but the men were to tired to take their clothes off so that they could go in. Only a couple people had enough energy to take there moccasins of so that they could dunk their feet in. I can't wait to pass these mountains!

Captain Lewis's birthday

Agust 18, 1805. Today Captain Meriwether Lewis turned 31 years old. On his birthday he did the stranges think. He wrote in his journal about the day and then he started to write about all the things about him and how he has done nothing with his life. He's crazy! he has led a group of people almost all the way across America and through the unknown.

Meeting the Shoshone

August 13, 1805. Today we saw three Shoshone women and we went to them. One fled and the other two got down on their knees. to their suprise we started to give them gifts and beads. They took us to their chief, Cameawait, and we gave him gifts and we asked him to come with us to the boats. Eventually he said yes and he came with us, but he thought it was a trap, same with all the people who were staying at the village.

Beaver Head Rock

August 8Th, 1805 Today we came to a rock that looked like a beavers head. Sacagawea told us that this a rock that her people, the Shoshone, call Beaver head Rock. Both the captains were happy because it meant we will find the Shoshone soon. That also means we will be getting the horses to climb the mountains soon.

Captain Lewis's Experiment

July 18, 1805. Captain Lewis is very upset because his experimental boat that was made from iron but it didn't work. It was about 36 feet long. We had the animal hides all dried, and the water sealant that was made from a tree sap. we had assembled it and we let it go and it was in the water for about 5 minutes before every seem in the ship came apart and it went to the bottom of the river. For the rest of the day we tried to do everything we could to make Captain Lewis happy. The day after that we buried it in the ground.

Prickley Pear Cacti

July 24, 1805. We Have made it to a bunch of water falls and treking was impossible to do especially carriying all of our gear most because of the Prickly Pear Cacti. Every night by the fire I'm pulling thousands of thorns out of feet. Every where I walk I step on a catus plant. The plants are Green and covered in spikes with yellow like flowers on some of them. I hope we pass by them really soon.

The Fork in the River

Monday, June 3, 1805. Today we have to stop because there is a fork in the river and we don't know which way to go. The Captains are going to split us in two and one groups going to go down one of the rivers and the other is going to go down the other. We all think the muddy looking one is the Missouri River, except for the Captains. They think that the other River is the Missouri River because it is clear and that mountain water should be clear. I think its the other river because the whole way down the Missouri the Missouri as been murky and muddy.

White Cliffs

May 31, 1805. Today we passed through a very beautiful sight. It was a wall of sandstone they rose from the river to hight of 2-300 feet. It look like a fortress. It was carved by wind and water. The wall was a white chalk like color. It was a sight I will not forget.

Grizzly bear

April 29, 1805. Today we killed a Grizzly bear. It doesn't sound that amazing, but it took many multiple shots from a rifle to kill it. They are very hard to kill. There was two of them in camp. one ran and we shot it a couple of times and it just kept on running. eventually we killed both of them. I hope i never have to get close to one, especially while not when it is standing up on its hind legs.

Sacagawea

Today we we met one of Toussaint Charbonneau's wives, Sacagawea. She is shy and looks to be in her teens. She is a Shoshone Indian and was kidnapped in a Hidatsa raid. Then the french trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau, won her when he gambled with some indian warriors. We met her because her husband was appling for a job as an interperte. We have to take him with us because we need his wife as the interperter. I really like Sacagawea.

Fort Mandan

Captain Lewis and Captain Clark have asked us to build a Fort to stay at for the winter of 1804. The Fort is going to be called Fort Mandan. It is very tiring to build so I can't wait for it to be done. It is on the north side of the river. Right now I'm working on building the two rows of chinked log cabins. Some of the men are working on a palisade fence of logs that is going to surround the fort.

Mandan Villages

October 21, 1804 It started to snow today. I was very excited because this was our first snowfall of the expedition. Lewis and Clark told us that we our going to camp at the Mandan villages. We are planning to build a fort Near the Madans. We have now traveled sixteen hundred miles upriver from the Wood River.

Meeting the Teton Sioux

September 25, 1804. We met with the Teton Sioux. They stole John Colter's horse and we were instructed to fight them if necessary. This morning three chiefs and a lot of their warriors arrived. They gave us gifts and meat, and we gave each of the leaders a medal, and we gave them a cocked hat, and a scarlet military cloak. they were not pleased so we took on board the Keelboat and we gave them some of our whiskey. They refused to get off the boat when asked. then we pointed guns at them and they pointed arrows at us. I was really scared. Then the chief Black Buffalo worked it out.

The view from Floyds grave.

Sgt. Floyds Death

Today is Agust 20, 1804. Just the day before Early in the morning yesterday Sgt. Floyd died. He's been very sick for awhile now. He's been vomiting and been in lots of pain. Just before he died he told Captain Clark that he was going to leave him. we are all sad about his death. We don't know what he died from. we buried him on a bluff overlooking the Missour river.

Daily meals

We usually eat one cooked meal in the evening, and we would also eat jerky. We would usally eat venison, rabbit, wild turkey, duck, geese, fish, and squirel. We also eat wild plants, berries, and plums. Our main hunters are George Drouillard, John Colter, the Field brothers, and George Shannon. We always hope the shoot some game.

Keelboat

May 14, 1804. The keelboat was the one of the boat that is going on up Missouri with the us. It was a durable craft that was fifty-five feet long and eight feet wide, and has a draft of about three feet. The cabin in the back had a canvas awning, a fore castle, and a thirty one foot hold. In the boat there is storage lockers on both side of the ship. The boatmen can use them as walkways. The boat had benches in the middle that can seat about twelve oarsman on each side. The boat has a thirty-two foot mast which can be lowered because it is hinged. On the mast was a mainsail and a foresail. You can sail, row, or pole the keelboat.

My Mess

T. J. Will build things for a very inexpensive price, he is also a very good problem solver, fisher, and a cook. T.J. is going to want to take home drawings, films, and photos.

Skyler has good accuracy with a gun, successfully scavenge for medicinal herbs, and is very good with astronomy.

Christian is brave and can encourage others to be brave; Christian can take care of little kids. He would like to collect music, and would like to see a grizzle bear.

Chuck is good with communicating with others, taking care of little kids, and having an interest in fashion. Chuck wants to meet new people, learn their cultures and languages. She would also like to learn different types of music and fashion.

Kendall can repair ripped clothing, make clothing, and keep people laughing. Kendall will want to bring back black and white photos and normal photos. She also wants to see the diversity of clothing.

Marandah loves to cook and can cook efficiently, Marandah doesn’t tire out very easily, she can also good with children, and she can take action photos. She hopes to see different types of clothing styles and learn new recipes for food.

Mary is good at watching over little children and also a musician. Mary hopes to discover new foods, new animals, and a variety of different art Medias.

Drew is very good with magic, watching children, and playing video games. Drew hopes to collect video games and more.

Jonathan will eat anything, work really well with little kids, and can cook. Jonathan hopes to discover recipes, food, forms of currency, music, and artwork.

Sophie is talkative, in a good mood, Sophie can learn new languages quickly. She hopes to find journals of old tribes or jewelry from Indians.

Christian has a brave attidude, encouraging to mqake others brave, he is also very good with taking care of children. wants to bring back music and wants to see a real Grizzle Bear.

Marandah loves to cook and cooks efficiently,she also has lots of energy and is optimistic and can cheer people up, she is good with children, and she is also good with takeing action shots. Marandah wants to bring back different clothing styles and recipes.

Drew is really good at doing magic and really good with children. He is also good at playing video games. Drew would like to collect video games and magic

Mary likes to watch children. She is also good at violen, piano, and guitar. She would want to collect new foods, animals, and different art medias.

Chuck is good with communicating with new people, watching children, and having an interest in fashion. She wants to meet new people, she wants to learn their culture and language, she also wants to take home music and some of the peoples fashion.

Skyler as good accuracy with a gun, being able to sucsefully scavenge for medical herbs, he also is very good with astronomy.

Jonathan will eat everything, especialy donuts. He is good at watching children, a good cook, and uses lots of sarcasim. He hopes to collect recipes, food, music, forms of currency, and art work.

Ken-doll is very good with fashion and sewing up ripped up and torn clothing. She is very funny. Ken-doll would take lots of photos and would want to learn about the different fashions.

Sir Rolyat is good with computer tech, vidoe and film, he is also a creative builder. He is good at problem solving, fishing , cooking, and a good sense of humor. He would want to collect drawings, drawings and photos of animals, interesting films. He also would want to observe architecture.

Sohpie is a talkitive and mostly in a good mood. she can learn new languages quickly. She would wants to see old indian journals, and jewelry.

Indroduction

Dear Captain John, I can be a good cook, if their is somebody hovering over me saying Stop cooking it that's enough of that. If know one's doing that, I hope you like your food a little bit over cooked. I'm a tireless worker when I'm not extremely tired. I would hope to discover new places, new weather, new foods, and more. I would collect all types. I would collect Diffefent types of thing, like snow globes, knick knacks, kuchina dolls, rocks, sea shells, and other stuff.