Question

i need help with this:
You will write 4 entries of a diary from the early 1800s. Each entry will be one paragraph each and is to be written in first person (using the word I, as if you are that person on the expedition). This will be a description from the perspective of 4 people who were part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

In a paragraph for each, describe the journey/experience of Lewis, Clark, Sacajawea, and York from each person’s perspective (their voice).

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@Ultrilliam @ThisGirlPretty

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@dude

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@Falconmaster

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^This is why you never tag falcon

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Falcon, please be serious. i need help with this

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so do you get what its saying to do?

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do you get what its saying to do?

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i really need this done

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A few things you should read/watch before we continue cookie:
http://www.history.com/topics/lewis-and-clark
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
https://lewisclark.net/
These should have the information you need in order to complete this

Answer 10

ok i got those links :) what do we do first

Answer 11

Your going to want to read whats on those links, as they have information that will help you figure out what it wants.


Basically what the assignment is asking you to do is take sum up what those 4 people (Lewis, Clark, Sacajawea, and York) went through during this expedition.
However it wants you to write it in the first person, meaning from their point of view.
So what your going to need to do, go to those links, gather information that relates to those 4 people experiences, and compile that information here. I will help you compile that into a paragraph each :)

Answer 12

ok! :) sorry i went to the bathroom

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let me see if i can get info

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lets start with lewis okay?

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Ok

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August 18, 1774 -Meriwether Lewis, Born
Spring, 1803 - Lewis picked as commander of expedition. Writes to ask William Clark to join him and share command. Clark accepts.
March 6, 1801- Lewis is asked by President Jefferson to be his secretary-aide

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thats some info i found...
can you help me please

Answer 18

Alright, now you need to compile that into a first person paragraph, which would intale them talking as if they were themselves, so your writing as that person.

so something like "I was chosen to be the commander of a important expedition, I decided to mail my friend William Clark and ask him if he could come along with me, and help me command the expedition..."

Answer 19

ok ok but i really do need ur help with this part... i kinda stink at writing :/

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Well start, and I'll review it and let you know how it went ^_^

If you like you could use the "I was chosen to be the commander of a important expedition, I decided to mail my friend William Clark and ask him if he could come along with me, and help me command the expedition" as your start

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but the thing is its hard to find info of how the journey went for just lewis/.

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so like i dont know what to write after that..

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Try compiling this into it (from the information you posted earlier:
The purpose of the expedition was both scientific (creating maps and documenting plants and animals) and commercial (establishing trade and identifying natural resources). They were helped by a female Shoshone guide called Sacajawea. The Lewis and Clark Expedition traveled along the Missouri River from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River.

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ok ummm... im definitely going to need you tro fix it though.. im not sure it will be good

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Gladly :)

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thats all i got so far... please fix it :/

Answer 27

Not bad, just lacking a ending sentence. It honestly doesn't need correcting (what you wrote)

perhaps something like:
"We finished our expedition on September 23, 1806." for the ending sentence

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ok... now clark?

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we will follow the same process we did for lewis, compile information from the sources I gave, then we can compile that down to a paragraph in first person

Answer 30

ok but im also doing my math hw... so can you try and find me info please and then ill try to write it in a paragraph

Answer 31

Sure, give me a moment

(I may or may not be doing my physics homework, someone elses comp sci work, my math hw coding the site we are using right now, and chatting to people all at the same time while I'm helping you lol)

Answer 32

lol you're the best!! :) <3

Answer 33

Spring, 1803 -
- Lewis picked as commander of expedition. Writes to ask William Clark to join him and share command. Clark accepts.

Summer, 1803 -
- Large keelboat constructed in Pittsburgh, overseen by Lewis. After construction Lewis takes it down the Ohio River picking up Clark and recruits along the way.

April 7, 1805 -
- Lewis and Clark send the keelboat and approx. a dozen men back downriver, with maps, reports, Indian artifacts and other scientific specimens for Jefferson. The remaining party heads west.

May 29, 1805 -
- Clark names the Judith River in honor of a girl back in Virginia he hopes to marry.

June 2, 1805 -
-The expedition comes to a fork in the river. Lewis and Clark believe the south fork is the Missouri, while all of the other men believe it is the north fork. Although they are not convinced that the south fork is the Missouri the captains recount; "they were ready to follow us any where we thought proper to direct."

August 17, 1805 -
- Lewis discovers a village of Shoshones and tries to negotiate for horses. Clark and the rest of the expedition arrives as well, and it is discovered that the Shoshone chief Cameahwait is Sacagawea's brother. Lewis and Clark name the site Camp Fortunate.

September 9, 1805 -
- The expedition camps at present day Missoula, Montana, a spot Lewis and Clark called Travelers Rest to prepare for the mountain crossing.

October 18, 1805 -
- Clark sees Mount Hood in the distance, named by a British sea captain in 1792, proof that they are near the ocean.

November 7, 1805 -
- Clark, who believes he can see the ocean writes his most famous journal entry: "Ocian in view! O! the joy." The expedition is actually still 20 miles from the sea. Terrible storms halt the expedition for nearly 3 weeks.

July 3, 1806 -
- Having crossed the Bitterroots again, the expedition breaks into smaller groups in order to explore more of the Louisiana Territory. Clark and his group head down the Yellowstone River, while Lewis takes the shortcut to the Great Falls, and then heads north along the Maris River.

July 25, 1806 -
- Near present-day Billings, Montana, Clark names a sandstone outcropping Pompy's Tower, after sacagawea's son, nicknamed Little Pomp. On the rock face Clark enscribes his name and the date.

September 23, 1806 -
- Lewis and Clark reach St. Louis.

Fall, 1806 -
- Lewis and Clark are treated as national heroes. They return to Washington, D.C. The men receive double pay and 320 acres of land as reward, the captains get 1,600 acres. Lewis is named governor of the Louisiana Territory, Clark is made Indian agent for the West and brigadier general of the territory's militia.

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its hard though to find jsut clark info bc its always clark AND lewis lol

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can you give me a beginning sentence?

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Sure, just give me a few minutes

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ok np!

Answer 38

Similar to lewis we can start like this "I recently received a letter from Lewis, asking me if I wouldn't mind joining him a important expedition to map areas, as well as document animals and plants."

then similarly, separate out the 2 of them from each of those and tell the story through Clarks eyes

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Sorry that took so long, had to catch up on all the things I was doing

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its ok!

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what do i say after though?

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take information from the list there, and tell the story from clarks eyes

Answer 43

ok let me try

Answer 44

wow this is harder than i though for clark :/

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LET ME THINK...

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Would you like a example?

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yes please!!!!!!!

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Lets turn this into something
Lewis and Clark send the keelboat and approx. a dozen men back downriver, with maps, reports, Indian artifacts and other scientific specimens for Jefferson. The remaining party heads west.


Lewis and I had decided to send out the keepboat with about a dozen or so men downriver, with everything we had managed to obtain so far back to Jefferson, the rest of headed west

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ok where do we add that too? we have to make sure the paragraph flows smoothly and makes sense

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@Ultrilliam

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I recently received a letter from Lewis, asking me if I wouldn't mind joining him a important expedition to map areas, as well as document animals and plants. I decided to accept this invitation. During the summer of 1803, Lewis was coming down the Ohio river picking up various people along the way. After a bit of the expedition, Lewis and I had decided to send out the keepboat with about a dozen or so men downriver, with everything we had managed to obtain so far back to Jefferson, the rest of us continued to headed west

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Something like that

Answer 53

thats great! what else can we add to it?

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Hey I'm not doing the whole thing, choose from the information and try to stick it in somewhere after reformatting it to a first person style

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ok i was just wondering if we like just add an ending sentence or add more info

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Either way

Answer 57

ummm...
to end it i cant put the same thing as lewis.. that he ended the expedtiton on....

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you know what i mean?

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nvm i got it!!! :)
next is sacajawea :)

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oh for some reason I didn't see your message there

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Alright let me post what I can find on that:

November 4, 1804 -
- Toussaint Charbonneau, a French Canadian fur trapper living with the Hidatsas, is hired as an interpreter. His wife, Sacagawea, a Shoshone who had been captured by the Hidatsas and sold to Charbonneau, is also considered helpful as the Shoshones are said to live at the headwaters of the Missouri.

February 11, 1805 -
- Sacagawea gives birth to baby boy, Jean Baptiste.

August 8, 1805 -
- Sacagawea recognizes Beaverhead Rock and says they are nearing the headwaters of the Missouri, and her people, the Shoshones. Lewis and three others scout ahead.

August 17, 1805 -
- Lewis discovers a village of Shoshones and tries to negotiate for horses. Clark and the rest of the expedition arrives as well, and it is discovered that the Shoshone chief Cameahwait is Sacagawea's brother. Lewis and Clark name the site Camp Fortunate.

July 25, 1806 -
- Near present-day Billings, Montana, Clark names a sandstone outcropping Pompy's Tower, after sacagawea's son, nicknamed Little Pomp. On the rock face Clark enscribes his name and the date.

August 14, 1806 -
- The expedition returns to the Mandan village. Charbonneau, Sacagawea, and Jean Baptist stay, while John Colter is granted permission to return to the Yellowstone to trap beaver.

Answer 62

hmm okay and to start it off? this i think should be easier bc lewis and clark were way harder

Answer 63

I'm going to brb for a bit while you work on this, if thats ok

Answer 64

ok... i guess but please dont leave long

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Can I help?

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^Yes please

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What have you done while I was gone cookie?

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*twiddles thumbs*

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Well cookie died @cookiemonster

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lol im here

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@JustSaiyan i need help with sacajawea and york ... thats what i have left :)

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Drop a question for me. I have like.....seven minutes before i must leave. Or maybe it's an hour and seven minutes. We will find out in seven minutes.

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saiyan, read up on what we did already

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hehe... yes please read up you will understand

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Ah, Gotcha.

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ill just explain briefly again so you get it... you need to write 1 paragraph for each person... and for each u have to write in 1st person so basically you have to pretend you're them and you're just explaining how their journey went in the expedition :)
we have already done lewis and clark so all thats left is sacajawea and york

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I will do York first.

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>When we were already working on Sacagawea

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lol

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its ok you can do york first :)

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How much do you have for Sacajawea?

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not much .. its ok you can start with whichever

Answer 83

......Dang york was a player.

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.....Shouldn't we be colaborating?

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collaborating*

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What do you mean collaborating?

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Adding parts together, you know. "T-E-A-M W-O-R-K. Collaboration."

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Lol yea sure! But who do you want to start with?

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Whichever Ultri is doing, he seems to be zoned out.

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Lol @Ultrilliam are you here? :)

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Yea just working on physics and computer science

Answer 92

Oh ok :)
@JustSaiyan you there ?

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anyone/??????????

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Welp

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Guess it's up to me...

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hehe hey bud

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I have no idea how we will do Sacagawea just being completely honest... hmmmmmm

Answer 98

Theres not enough to really formulate a beginning, just a middle

Answer 99

ok thats fine just try to do ur best :)

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A couple years after I got picked up, I ended up getting pregnant, and had a child. I decided to name him Jean, Jean Baptiste. Sometime around august 8th 1805, I spotted Beaverhead Rock and realized we were near the headwaters of Missouri, so my people and a few others scouted ahead before we proceeded. Lewis and Clark discovered a group of Shoshones, and found someone who says hes my brother, they decided to call this place "camp fortunate".

That's the best I got x,x

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thats good! and lastly, york :)

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I want you to do that one completely on your own, then I'll review what you got

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Yep, seems good to me

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if you like you can give me all 4 paragraphs you have now, and I can try to format them

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if you want i can do that..... the only thing i need you to do know is give me a date for each of them... for example for york i put may 14, 1805.

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@Ultrilliam

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ah okay, when your done paste it all here and i'll read it over before you ship it off :P

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okie!

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are you gonna give me the dates for the other 3?

Answer 110

? What dates are you looking for?

Answer 111

like the date of whatever we talked about for each one.. doesnt hae to be specific for example for york the date i put for him was May 14, 1805.. i need dates for each because its like a diary type thing

Answer 112

hold up, I'm about to eat dinner, just scroll up and you'll see the dates

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k

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@Ultrilliam can you now delete all the paragraphs you wrote so i dont get plagiarized?

Answer 115

I mean, it likely won't be on google for at least a few weeks, so you should be good :P

Answer 116

lol cmon please hehe