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...ed by army officers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, started in May 1804. It took off from Camp Wood, near St. Louis. None of us were thinking that this journey would change American history. After encountering some problems with the Teton Sioux, we pressed onward. As the winter chill soon rolled in, we built a fort near the Mandan Indian villages. That is where interpreter Toussaint Charbonneau asked to join the “Corps of Discovery” along with his 6 month pregnant wife, Sacagawea. She was a Shoshone Indian who was captured as a child. She was much help with translating many Native American languages, building our food resources, and guiding us through the wilderness. She was also a big help when we ran into a Shoshone tribe that we needed to buy horses from. It turned out that Sacagawea was the sister of the tribe’s chief. With that relationship, she was able to procure the horses we needed. After hiring Charbonneau as an interpreter, we had a decision to make. We came to a fork in the Missouri River. We had to either take the north fork or the south fork. The north fork of the Missouri River was definitely shorter but it also had swifter moving water and was more dangerous. The south fork was longer but much safer. We decided on the south fork, which many agreed was the right choice. After taking that route on the Missouri River, we encountered the Bitterroot Mountains. They were very icy even though it was late summer. Horses slid down ravines and we nearly starved. The fate of the Corps of Discovery was shook for two weeks thanks to our Indian guide who led us the wrong way. That was a very dangerous part of the journey. Despite all of that, we survived two weeks lost in the mountains. I have to admit I was not seen as the greatest hunter. I did spend a lot of time lost during the expedition. On August 27th I was sent out to find lost horses. ...