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The Lewis and Clark expedition and its impact on Native American-European American relations
TLDR The Lewis and Clark expedition, sent by President Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana territory, encountered various Indian tribes along the way, built friendships, and relied on a valuable translator, Sacagawea. Despite their achievements, the expedition marked the beginning of the end for the American Indian as America failed to learn the lessons brought back by Lewis and Clark.
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The podcast episode is about the Lewis and Clark expedition and how it could have changed the history of relations between Native Americans and European Americans.
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The United States bought the Louisiana territory from France, which doubled the size of the country and allowed for the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the newly acquired land and inform the Native Americans that they were now living in America.
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Lewis and Clark were sent by President Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana territory, and they underwent extensive training before embarking on their expedition, with Lewis as the leader and Clark as his co-captain.
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Lewis and Clark assembled their team and began their expedition by traveling up the Missouri River, encountering various Indian tribes along the way, including the Titansu or Lakota, who initially posed a threat but eventually allowed them safe passage, and the Mandan and Minotari or Hidatsa Indians, with whom they built a camp and forged friendships.
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Lewis and Clark hired a French-Canadian trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau, but they were really hiring his wife, Sacagawea, who was a valuable translator and a symbol of peace as a woman with a baby.
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Sacagawea was instrumental to the Lewis and Clark expedition as she not only retrieved lost items and cared for her baby, but also served as a translator between different tribes and languages, making communication possible.
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Lewis and Clark encountered the Rocky Mountains and had to make a detour around the great falls of Montana, which took 53 days of difficult portage, before finally reaching the Columbia River and relying on friendly tribes to watch their horses as they continued towards the Pacific Ocean.
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Lewis and Clark finally reached the Pacific Ocean, but were disappointed by the rough conditions and Maryweather's depression, however, they were able to accurately chart their journey and Sacagawea got to see the ocean and a whale, and they camped there for four months while waiting for a boat to take them back.
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Lewis and Clark returned to Fort Klatsop, prepared to go back, and experienced some difficulties on their journey home, including Lewis falling into a depression and stealing a canoe, but eventually reunited with the rest of the group and made their way back to the Mandan villages.
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Lewis and Clark returned home to St. Louis where they were celebrated as heroes, but not everyone received the same treatment, as York and Sacagawea were not given any land or money, and York faced a difficult reentry into slavery.
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Meriwether Lewis's death is disputed, with some believing he committed suicide and others thinking he was murdered for money, but regardless of how he died, his story marked the beginning of the end for the American Indian, as America failed to learn the lessons Lewis and Clark brought back with them.
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