Tag: Lewis and Clark
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Part 14
Vocabulary TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. The party went down the Columbia River in canoes.It was a hard trip.It rained all the time.Each day the men were wet to the skin.They had to carry their goods around some rapids.They could not be very cheerful.One day it stopped raining for a little time.The low clouds went away.The…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 13
Vocabulary CROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. The trip across the mountains was very hard.The mountain tops were steep.There was no road.The ground was made of sharp rocks.The horses slipped and fell down.The men’s feet were cut and black and blue.It rained many days and snowed nights.They had no houses.Before they could start on each day, they…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 12
Vocabulary SACAJAWEA’S PEOPLE WILL SHOW THE WAY. Cameahwait told his people how good the white men were.He told them what good things they had.He said, “If we sell them horses and take them over the mountains, theycan get back soon.No goods will come to us until they go back to their home.If we do not…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 11
Vocabulary SACAJAWEA’S PEOPLE. One day near the head of the Missouri, Sacajawea stopped short as she walked.She looked hard to the West.She saw far away some Indians on horseback.She began to dance and jump.She waved her arms.She laughed and called out.She turned to Captain Clark and sucked her fingers.This showed that these Indians were her…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 10
Vocabulary AT THE SOURCE OF THE MISSOURI. When the canoes were ready, the party started up the river above the Falls.As they reached the mountains, the river grew narrow.It was not deep, but it was rapid.The soldiers had to pull the canoes with ropes.The river did not run straight.One day the men dragged the canoes…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 9
Vocabulary AT THE TOP OF THE FALLS. After the men had carried all the goods to the top of the Falls, theymade canoes to take them up the river.They were camping at the top of the Falls on the Fourth of July, 1805.Captain Lewis wrote that they had a good dinner that day.He said they…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Part 8
Vocabulary GRIZZLY BEARS. After many hard days, they got all the goods to the top of the Falls.The party saw many grizzly bears near the Falls.They were the first white men to see the grizzly bear.They found it a very large and very fierce bear.One day Captain Lewis was out hunting.He had killed a buffalo…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 7
Vocabulary HOW SACAJAWEA CURED RATTLESNAKE BITES. Near the Falls of the Missouri, the party met many rattlesnakes.The snakes liked to lie in the sun on the river banks.Some times they went up trees and lay on the branches.One night Captain Lewis was sleeping under a tree.In the morning he looked up through the tree.He saw…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 6
Vocabulary HOW THE INDIANS HUNTED BUFFALO. On the plains of the Missouri there were many buffaloes.Sacajawea told the soldiers how the Indians hunted them.An Indian put on a buffalo skin.The buffalo’s head was over his head.He walked out to where the buffaloes were eating.He stood between them and a high bank of the river.The other…
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Part 5
Vocabulary words THE FIRST SIGHT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Going up the Missouri, the party had to drink the river water.It was not good and it made them ill.The sand blew in their eyes.The mosquitoes bit them all the time.But still the soldiers were happy.They carried their goods in boats.They walked when they wished to.They…