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= = = = =__Question__: When did Lewis and Clark meet the Arikara Native Americans?=


 * //__Answer__// Lewis and Clark met these Native American in October of 1804.**

__Detail 1__ They came across what was left of the population since there was an epdidemic of Small pox.

__Detail 2__ Lewis and Clark saw three villages located where the Grand River is now located.

__Detail 3__ They encountered their homes which were earth lodges scattered around the village.

__Detail 4__ negotations. Arikara Native Americans future trade with America.

=**__Question__: When did Lewis and Clark come incontact with the Blackfeet tribe?**=


 * //__Answer__// The Party met the Blackfeet Indians in July of 1806.**

__Detail 1__ Eight warriors encountered Meriwether Lewis and the expeditioners.

__Detail 2__ Shoshone and Nez Perce- rivals of the Black Feet Native Americans. The Black feet have dominated.

__Detail 3__ Commerice partners with Canada for many years.

__Detail 4__ Their plans were a direct threat to these Native Americans.

=**__Question__**: When and how did the expeditioners encounter the Clastsops?=

__//**Answer**//__ **On December 12, 1805 by a chief of one of the three villages.**

__Detail 1__ The chief's name was Coboway.

__Detail 2__ Lewis & Clark and the chief exchanged goods. They were friendly with eachother. Lewis & Clark recieved sea otter pelt. Coboway recieved fish hooks. Tribe helped Corps through the Northwest winter.

__Detail 3__ The Clastsops ihabitited what is now present day Oregon. Three villages. About four hundred people.

__Detail 4__ The only negitivity between the two groups was when The Corps of Discovery stole a caneo.

=**__Question__:** How did Lewis, Clark, and their crew come in contact with the Mandans?=

//**__Answer__**// **The Corps of Discovery came in contact with the Madans in the fall of 1804 and stayed the winter.**

__Detail 1__ Tribe seperated into two villages: Matootonha and Rooptahee. The expeditioners stayed in Fort Mandan across from Matootonha.

__Detail 2__ Lived in present day central North Dakota along the Missouri River.

__Detail 3__ When the Corps of Discovery entered their world in October 1804, the Mandans seemed receptive to the goals of the expedition. Lewis and Clark’s hope for a Mandan peace with the Arikaras and plan to reside nearby for the winter months were accepted and agreed to by the Mandan leaders. Still, in spite of peace talks between the Arikaras and the Mandans that were orchestrated by the expedition, conflict broke out again between the two tribes as winter approached. In contrast, relations between the Mandans and the Corps were friendly throughout the duration of the expedition’s stay. The Mandans supplied the Americans with food throughout the winter at their newly constructed home, Fort Mandan, in exchange for a steady stream of trade goods. When food became scarce, members of the Corps accompanied the Mandans on a buffalo hunt. Sheheke and Black Cat, chiefs from Matootonha and Roohaptee, met often with Lewis and Clark, and the Corps participated in a host of Mandan ceremonial rituals. As other tribes unfamiliar with black people had been before, the Mandans were mesmerized by the color of York’s skin, and attributed great spiritual power to him because of it.

__Detail 4__ Left tribe in the Spring of 1804.

=**__Question__:** Who were the Nez Perces? How did Lewis & Clark meet them?=

//**__Answer__**// **The Nez Perce was an Indian tribe who met Lewis and Clark in September of 1805.**

__Detail 1__ That month, three young Nez Perce boys spotted Captain William Clark and a few men approaching the cluster of Nez Perce lodges. Clark and the men had pushed ahead of the Corps to seek out the Nez Perce. The boys were frightened and hid in the tall prairie grass, but Clark found them and offered each a ribbon, signaling that friendly visitors had arrived

__Detail 2__ Twisted Hair, the chief offered the group food and a good route to follow.

__Detail 3__ On the Corps’ return journey in May 1806, they returned to the lodges of the Nez Perce to reclaim their horses and prepare to cross the mountains. While there, Lewis and Clark engaged in a diplomatic exchange with Nez Perce chiefs. The captains sought to establish trading posts and intertribal peace in the region. The Nez Perce were willing to cooperate as long as the Corps provided guns and other weaponry to the Nez Perce.

__Detail 4__ Timely Refuge. = = =__Question__: Explain Lewis and Clarks stay with the Shoshones.=


 * //__Answer__// Lewis and three of his men came upon three Shoshone women on August 13, 1805.**

__Detail 1__ Fearful at first, the women saw that the men were friendly after Lewis laid down his gun, gave them trinkets and painted their faces with vermilion, a symbol of peace. The women convinced an arriving war party of 60 Shoshones that the strangers were friendly, and Lewis confirmed this with more gifts for the warriors, including an American flag. The principle chief, named Cameahwait (One Who Never Walks) welcomed Lewis and his men, and from that point the Shoshones treated them as guests, sharing what food the Indians had and providing the men with a tepee for their stay.

__Detail 2__ Tribe suffered extreme poverty due to attack of rivals (who trade with the French) with firearms Shoshones traded with the Spanish who refused to give them such weapons. Cut their hair about neck length showing mournfulness.

__Detail 3__ First time seeing white people.

__Detail 4__ Cameahwait and a group of warriors traveled with Lewis to join Clark’s camp and negotiate for horses since horses were important for this trip.

=**__Question__: How did The Corps meet the Tillamook Native Americans?**=


 * __//Answer//__ When Lewis and Clark heard about the Tillamook saving whale bluber in 1806.**

__Detail 1__ Found a whale on the beach shore, cut up parts and saved the goods for food.

__Detail 2__ Lived on northwest coast of Oregon in a series of small towns.

__Detail 3__ After the Corps heard about the whale, Clark led a party south from the expedition’s winter residence at Fort Clatsop to trade for blubber.

__Detail 4__ Thirty-five miles and two days later, when Clark reached the beach, he found that the Tillamooks had stripped the whale to the bones. The Indians bargained with him for the blubber, and in exchange for 300 pounds and some oil, the Tillamooks received some trade goods.

=**__Question__: When were the Wishrams important in the Expedition?**=

__**//Answer//**__ **In October of 1805.** **They came upon wooden housing.**

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