April 7, 1805
“We are now about to penetrate a country at least two thousand miles in width, on which the foot of civilized man had never trodden… I could but esteem this moment of my departure as among the most happy of my life. The party are in excellent health and speris, zealously attached to the enterprise, and anxious to proceed; not a whisper of murmur or discontent to be heard among them, but all act in unison, and with the most perfict harmony.”
Meriwhether Lewis
You journey continues. The water is still extremely cold, freezing on the oars. From the report of hunters, you know the river is crooked and the Yellowstone River is near. The wind is blowing violently, making your progress difficult. You need to make observations of the Yellowstone River, yet you do not wish to be detained.
The Hidasta had advised you and your men if you take the Yellowston you could paddle your pirogues all the way to the river’s source in the Rocky Mountains. More importantly, they shared that the Yellowstone’s source was next to the source of the Missouri. Taking this journey would save you time.
Recalling President Jefferson’s instructions, “Beginning at the mouth of the Missouri you will take careful observations of latitude and longitude, at all remarkable points on the river, & especially at the mouths of rivers, at rapids, at islands and other places & objects distinguished by such natural marks & characters of a durable kind, “ you also remember that he wanted you to take the shortest route to the Pacific Ocean.
Should you follow the Yellowstone, the shortest route to the Pacific Ocean, (according to the Hidasta) or continue upstream on the Missouri River?
April 7th, 1805- We think that we should go through the Missouri river instead of the Yellowstone river like the Indians think we should, one because he told us to take notes on the major land marks throughout the area, and two because he is the president of the United States. I think that the group is running smoothly on working together and brainstorming. Lewis and Clark did not use the Missouri river. The reason that we chose to take the Missouri river was so that we could get more information on the Indian tribes along the river.
ReplyDeleteBlue group: Jaret, Jacob, Kalei, Shania
Morgan said that we should take the Missouri. Ryan,Blake, and shalei say that we should go up the Yellowstone river. Since the majority says that we should go up the Yellowstone, we went up it. the reason that we did was because the Indians that live and roam that whole area we took there advice and went up the Yellowstone. Lewis and Clark did not take the Yellowstone river, but they did on there return. what they did was split the forces and meet back at were the two rivers meet.
ReplyDeleteOur group thinks that we should go with Hidasta's advice and go the shortest route because they must be more fond the river better than we are. Also Pres. Jefferson said that we were to take the shortest route. Also we will be able to see the Yellowstone which is the shortest route. The one thing about following the Missouri river is that we won't get lost and it is straight foward.
ReplyDeletePink Group- Mora, Dylan, Cameron, Kimberly
April 7, 1805
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that there is a fork in the river and we do not know which way to go. We could take the Yellowstone River or the Missouri River. The Hidatsa said that we should take the Yellowstone because it is the shortest route the Pacific. Jefferson said that we need to record everything on the Missouri but to also take the shortest route. It is freezing cold outside and the water is freezing to our oars.
Conagher thinks that we should go down the Yellowstone because it is the quickest way. Austin believes that we should listen to the Hidatsa and go down the Yellowstone. Tristan and Halei agree with Austin and Conagher saying that we should go down the Yellowstone. Amanda thinks that we should listen to the Hidatsa but also we need the quickest route because it is really cold. The group consensus is that we will travel down the Yellowstone.
Our decision was half way right when I looked up Lewis and Clark’s decision. Lewis and Clark’s decision was that Lewis will go down the Yellowstone and take half of their men and Clark would continue down the Missouri with the other half of the men. They would meet back up with the rivers joined together again.
Green Group- Conagher, Tristan, Austin, Halei, and Amanda