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Supplies."
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Supplies
.N.p.,n.d.Web.09Dec.2015.Suppliesthatthe
explorersbroughtalongwiththem,whichincludedrations(dictatingexpecteddurationoftrip),arsenal
(expectednecessityforarmsanddefense)andprizesandtrinkets(presentedtoNativeChiefsassignof
peaceandrespect).

Lavender,David.
TheWaytotheWesternSea:LewisandClarkacrosstheContinent
.Lincoln:Uof
Nebraska,2001.Print.DetailedmanyofthedifficultiestheexplorersfacedduringtheJourney,and
accountedformuchofthemissinginformationfromtheoriginaljournalswithcontextfromtheother
minorexpeditionmemberstestimonies,etc.

Viola,Herman."LewisandClark:IndianCountry."
LewisandClark:IndianCountry
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Institution,2000.Web.09Dec.2015.AbriefbutcomprehensivedescriptionoftheNativetribesLewis
andClarkencounterduringtheirtrip.

"TheVoyageofDiscovery:TheImpactofLewis&ClarksDiscoveries."
NebraskaStudies.org
.N.p.,n.d.
Web.PutsintoperspectivethehistoricalimpactoftheExpedition,andhowitinfluencedUSNative
Americanrelationsofthenextfewdecades.

Alwin,JohnA."Pelts,Provisions,&Perceptions:TheHudson'sBayCompanyMandanIndianTrade,
17951812."
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1627.
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.Web.8Dec.2015.GivesusinformationabouttheMandan
Tribesproficiencyinhuntingandtradingfur,andgivesustheinteractionsbetweenthemandtheCorps
oninformationaboutthebountyoftheterritoriestheytypicallyhuntedin.

Ronda,JamesP."ExploringTheExplorers:GreatPlainsPeoplesandtheLewisandClarkExpedition."
GreatPlainsQuarterly
1993:8190.
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.Web.8Dec.2015.Gaveus
excellentbackgroundinformationtotherelationshipsandproceduresLewisandClarkhadwitheachof
thedifferentNativetribestheymetalongthejourney.Italsogaveusthecircumstancestothepoliticsthat
hadtakenplaceamongstthePlaintribes.

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Clark,William.
JournalsoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.
1January,1804.MS.Collectionofthe
UniversityofNebraska.ContainedthelistandtravelsuppliesthatClarkpreparedforthetripgivingusa
glimpseofthepresentstheywouldgivetotribalchiefs,theirarmamentstheywouldbringtodefend
themselves/bribewithforsafepassage,andthefoodtheybroughtwiththemwhichtheyexpectedwould
helpthemendurethejourney.

Lewis,Meriwether.
JournalsoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.
1August,1804.MS.Collectionofthe
UniversityofNebraska.ThefirstNativeAmericanencountertheyhad,whichwaswiththeMissouri
Indians.Theirbriefdescriptionsstatedthatatfirstthattheyhadpassedanemptyvillagethatpreviously
belongedtothem,leadingthemtopossiblyneverevenmeetthetribe,butachancemeetingallowedthem
tonotonlyseetheMissourisbutwiththeOtoesaswell.Weseeevidenceofafarmingcommunity
amongstthemaswellasthedifficultiesthattheyhadfacedinthepastlikesmallpox.

Clark,William.
JournalsoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.
29August,1804.MS.Collectionofthe
UniversityofNebraska.TheirfirstencounterwithatribeofthePlains,theYanktonSioux.Reading
throughtheentryitwassuggestedthatthetribewasrelativelystronginmilitarystrengthandthatthe
explorerswererequiredtogothroughseveralpiecesofredtapeinordertomeetthechiefs,suggestinga
sortofrigidhierarchyandtypicalprocedure.

Clark,William.
JournalsoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.
Sept1st,1804.MS.Collectionofthe
UniversityofNebraska.FirstencounterwiththeTetonSioux,whomClarkdescribedasthedominant
branchoftheSiouxNation,upondescriptionsofthetribeprovidedbytheYanktoninapreviousentry.

Lewis,Meriwether.
JournalsoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.
Jan1st,1805.MS.Collectionofthe
UniversityofNebraska.WearegivenaperspectiveintotheExpeditionslodgingswiththelocalMandan
Tribeandtheirneighbors,theHidatsa.FromwhatwegatherfromtheseseriesofJournalentries,wesee
thatthedescriptionsoftheMandanarethattheyarepeacefulandseldomtheaggressorinwar.

Jefferson,Thomas."Jefferson'sInstructionstoMeriwetherLewis."LettertoMeriwetherLewis.20June
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2015.JeffersonslettertoLewisdetailingthepurposeandobjectivesoftheexpeditionhighlightmanyof
thepointsweshouldtakenoteofthroughouttheirjournal.Itsetsthegroundworkfortheirresearch,and
reflectstheideasthatUnitedStateshadfortheentireregion.