lewis+&amp;+clark+br

-in 1805 lewis and clark were looking for the shoshone indians -they needed horses to cross the rockies and the shoshone had them -sacagawea was a shoshone indian but was kidnapped by another tribe -lewis and clark were still recovering from their portage around the Great Falls of Missouri -Lewis and three other men went scouting ahead when they came across a band of Shoshone -Lewis made sure the Shoshone knew that he and his men came in peace -lewis gave the shoshone gifts and used sign language, a few Shoshone words, and red paint(which ment peace) -they had peaceful meatings - The shoshone had recently been raided by another tribe -Finally, on August 17, 1805, the rest of the rest of the expedition arrived -Sacagawea recognized the area as her home and now she recognized this band of Shoshone as her people -Chief Cameahwait was her brother -every one celebrated and lewis got his horses -Snow began to fall as the expedition set off -Game was scarce in the Rockies -the Americans met a band of Flathead Indians and bought more horses for the journey across the Bitterroot Mountains -After 11 days in the Bitterroots, the horses were near starvation -The captains then set up camp on the banks of the Clearwater River -the next day they moved on and crossed the rockies/reached the pacific ocean
 * 1) (ben) is going to create an adventure story about Lewis and Clark’s Expedition that:
 * 2) My adventure story will solve the following problem: **meeting the shoshone and crossing the rockies**
 * 3) My audience will experience my story through the eyes of: **lewis and clark**
 * 4) My adventure story will have the following common characteristics of an adventure story:
 * 5) My adventure story will have the following key historical events: **meeting the shoshone**
 * 6) My adventure story will have the following key historical characters: **lewis and clark and the expedition team**
 * 7) My adventure story will have the following key historically important concrete objects:
 * 8) My adventure story will make the audience feel the following emotions:
 * 9) My adventure story will be credible because I will support it with the following primary sources:
 * 10) My adventure story will be credible because I will support it with the following secondary sources:
 * 11) I will engage my audience by doing the following (this is something I have never done before):
 * 12) Hand this paper in after your presentation with your grade on the reverse side. Please support your decision with evidence from the week of research and week of preparation.
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