| L&C Timeline 1804 |
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1804
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Bibliography: A Lewis and Clark Chapbook, Lewis and Clark in North Dakota by Clay S. Jenkinson
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| October 14 |
Expedition enters North Dakota. John Newman punished after court-martial |
| October 18 |
Expedition reaches mouth of Cannonball River |
| October 20 |
Expedition wounds its first grizzly bear just south of present-day Bismarck |
| October 21 |
Mouth of Heart River |
| October 26 |
Corps of Discovery arrives at Mandan villages |
| October 29 |
First council with the Mandan and Hidatsa people |
| October 30 |
Sheheke-shote comes to the Expedition's camp for the first time |
| November 2 |
Clark selects site for Fort Mandan |
| November 4 |
Toussaint Charbonneau introduces himself and offers his services as an interpreter |
| November 11 |
Sakakawea comes to Fort Mandan for the first time |
| November 13 |
Mandan Chief Black Cat brings Assiniboine delegation to Fort Mandan |
| November 25 |
First Hidatsa visit to Fort Mandan |
| December 7 |
Captain Lewis and men of the Expedition embark on a hunting trip at the invitation of Sheheke-shote |
| L&C Timeline 1805 |
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1805
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Bibliography: A Lewis and Clark Chapbook, Lewis and Clark in North Dakota by Clay S. Jenkinson
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| January 1 |
Expedition members attend New Year's party at Mandan Villages |
| January 7 |
Sheheke-shote draws a map of the country to the west for the captains |
| January 16 |
Tensions between Mandan and Hidatsa surface in a conference at Fort Mandan |
| January 22 |
Corps begins to dig its boats out of the Missouri River ice |
| February 9 |
Captain Lewis orders court-martial of Private Howard for scaling the walls of Fort Mandan after the gate has been closed for the night |
| February 11 |
Sakakawea gives birth to Jean Baptiste Charbonneau |
| February 15 |
Lewis leads reprisal party to punish Sioux who attacked an Expedition hunting party |
| February 24 |
The keelboat is finally extricated from the Missouri River ice |
| February 28 |
Sixteen men begin to make canoes |
| March 9 |
The Hidatsa Chief Le Borgne makes his first visit to the Fort |
| March 17 |
Charbonneau apologizes for an earlier dispute and signs on with the Expedition |
| March 25 |
Ice breaks up on the Missouri River |
| April 7 |
Corps of Discovery leaves Fort Mandan |
| April 12 |
Mouth of the Little Missouri River |
| April 16 |
Clark reports the appearance of burning lignite coal veins |
| April 22 |
Mouth of Little Muddy River |
| April 26 |
Mouth of the Yellowstone River |
| April 27 |
Expedition leaves North Dakota |
| L&C Timeline 1806 |
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1806
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Bibliography: A Lewis and Clark Chapbook, Lewis and Clark in North Dakota by Clay S. Jenkinson
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| August 3 |
First of the return parties enters North Dakota |
| August 11 |
Lewis accidentally shot by waterman and fiddler, Pierre Cruzatte |
| August 12 |
All strands of the Expedition reunited near today's Sanish, ND |
| August 13 |
Expedition meets Hancock & Dixon, first of the tidal wave of white trappers |
| August 14 |
Arrive at Mandan and Hidatsa villages |
| August 16 |
Shehek-shote agrees to visit President Jefferson in Washington D.C. |
| August 17 |
Farewell to the Mandan and Hidatsa. William Clark visits the burned out shell of Fort Mandan |
| August 20 |
The Expedition leaves North Dakota forever |
