<p> LEWIS AND CLARK— FUN FACTS</p><p>APRIL 30, 1803: LOUISIANA PURCHASE. ANNOUNCED JULY 4, 1804. U.S. PURCHASES 868,000 SQUARE MILES, EVENTUIALLY 13 STATES FROM NAPOLEON. FOR $15 MILLION DOLLARS. BEST REAL ESTATE DEAL IN HISTORY, ONLY $ .03 AN ACRE. DOUBLED SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES.</p><p>WHY DID NAPOLEON SELL? “I HAVE GIVEN ENGLAND A RIVAL, WHO SOONER OR LATER, WILL HUMBLE HER PRIDE.”</p><p>MAY 14, 1804—SEPTEMBER 23, 1806: EXPEDITION TOOK 863 DAYS.</p><p>7,689 MILES THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE EXPEDITION, THROUGH UNMAPPED, UNSETTLED WILDERNESS.</p><p>COSTS OF EXPEDITION: INITIAL APPROVED BY CONGRESS $2,5OO. GREW TO $38,722.25, 15X ORIGINAL AMOUNT. WHEN YOU ADD IN PRICE OF LAND EACH MEMBER RECEIVED UPON RETURN AS A REWARD, THE TOTAL TOPS $136,000. IN TODAYS DOLLARS THAT IS $126,000,000. IT COST $25 BILLION TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON.</p><p>PERMANENT PARTY: CONSISTED OF 33 TO 35, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN, ONE BABY AND ONE DOG.</p><p>EXPEDITION DISCOVERED 122 NEW ANIMALS AND 178 NEW PLANTS. BIGGEST TORMENTOR EXPEDITION—MOSQUITOES!! </p><p>LEWIS DESIGNED A COLLAPSABLE CANOE WITH IRON FRAME FOR JOURNEY. IT COULD BE COVERED WITH ANIMAL SKINS AND COULD CARRY ONE TON. IT WEIGHED ONLY 44 LBS AND WAS NAMED EXPERIMENT.</p><p>USED KEEL BOAT AT BEGINNING OF JOURNEY—55’ LONG, 8’ WIDE WITH A 32’ TALL, HINGED MAST. HELD OVER EIGHT TONS OF EQUIPMENT & FOOD.</p><p>DOCTOR BENJAMIN RUSH, THE COUNTRY’S MOST FAMOUS PHYSICIAN, PROVIDED 600 OF RUSH’S THUNDERBOLTS HIS FAMOUS HOMEMADE LAXATIVE FOR THE EXPEDITION.</p><p>EACH MAN CONSUMED 9 POUNDS OF MEAT PER DAY WHEN AVAILABLE.</p><p>TALLY OF GAME KILLED ON THE EXPEDITION: DEER—1001 BEARS—56 TURKEYS—9 ELK—375 BEAVER—113 PLOVERS—48 BISON—227 OTTER—16 WOLVES—18 (ONLY ONE EATEN) ANTELOPE—62 GEESE—104 INDIAN DOGS—190 (PURCHASED) BIGHORNED SHEEP—35 GROUSE—46 HORSES—12</p><p>THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE COUNTLESS SMALLER GAME OR MORE EXOTIC ANIMALS SUCH AS HAWK, COYOTE, FOX, CROW, EAGLE, GOPHER, MUSKRAT, SEAL, TURTLE, CRAB, SALMON AND TROUT.</p><p>APRIL13, 1806: “THE DOG NOW CONSTITUTES A CONSIDERABLE PART OF OUR SUBSISTENCE AND WITH MOST OF THE PARTY HAS BECOME A FAVORITE FOOD; CERTAIN I AM…. , AND FROM HABIT IT HAS BECOME BY NO MEANS DISAGREEABLE TO ME, I PREFERRED TO VENISON OR ELK, AND IT IS VERY FAR SUPERIOR TO THE HORSE IN ANY STATE.” --LEWIS</p><p>AUGUST 20, 1804: (DAY 99) SGT FLOYD DIES AT AGE OF 22. HE WAS ONLY MEMBER TO DIE DURING EXPEDITION. CAUSE OF DEATH GUESSED AS RUPTURED APPENDIX.</p><p>AUGUST 212, 1804: FIRST ELECTION WEST OF MISSISSIPPI. ALL MEN INCLUDING YORK, A SLAVE, ELECT PATRICK GASS AS NEW SERGEANT.</p><p>FEBRUARY 11, 1805: “ABOUT FIVE OCLOCK THIS EVENING ONE OF THE WIVES OF CHARBONO (SACAGAWEA) WAS DELIVERTED OF A FINE BOY.” --LEWIS</p><p>APRIL 1805: LEWIS BUYS TEEPEE FROM SIOUX. SACAGAWEA TAKES DOWN AND PUTS UP DAILY. LEWIS, CLARK, SACAGAWEA, POMP, DROUILLARD AND CHARBONNEAU SLEEP IN NIGHTLY </p><p>AUGUST 17,1805: SACAGAWEA RECOGNIZES CAMEAHWAIT, CHIEF OF SHOSHONE AS HER LONG, LOST BROTHER. GUARANTEES COOPERATION BY SHOSHONE WITH EXPEDITION.</p><p>NOVEMBER 24, 1805: FREE VOTE ON WHERE TO BUILD WINTER FORT. UNHEARD OF IN ITS DAY TO VOTE ON SUCH MATTERS. </p><p>JULY 26, 1806: ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN FATALITIES CAUSED BY EXPEDITION MEMBERS. TWO BLACKFEET KILLED. AUGUST 12, 1806: LEWIS SHOT IN BUTTOCKS BY ONE EYED EXPEDITION MEMBER CRUZATTE, WHO MISTOOK HIM FOR AN ELK. </p>