A lot more about the huge successes of the Western Expedition of Lewis and Clark Corps-of-Discovery than the difficulties and dangers they face every day. In fact, because of these constant difficulties and dangers, they were lucky enough to go back and forth to the Pacific Coast.
Some difficulties that have been suffered: lack of privacy, routine illness, poor hygiene and medical treatments, / wounds, accidental injuries, knife / shot wounds, falls / spasms, galore, toxic snakes, prickly Plants, bad weather, extreme temperatures, violent thunderstorms, hail, flood, loss of life, stress, starvation, lack of sleep, exhaustion, pain, pains, rabbits (bears); depletion of commercial goods and potential fatalities
Summary of Ten Concerns and Dangers
No Privacy Policy . Camping and outdoors. There are also narrow spots in boats, canoes and booths. Finding the time and place of your personal needs if you have not camped, for example. Resting, Sleeping, Stopping, Healing, Clothing / Shoe Repair or Repair, Health Care, Haircut, Fingerprints, Fingers and Toes Baths and use latrine if anyone exists
. Disease . Stomach pain, toothache, diarrhea, stomach discomfort, flatulence, sunburn, dehydration, colds, flu, frostbite, constipation, menstrual blockage, headache, stomach tip, toothache, oral surgery, dental problems, potential pneumonia, cholera and smallpox. Also bad hygiene practices, such as personal toothbrushes or prophylaxis, which can cause health problems. In addition, certain medical treatments, such as bleeding, did not cure illnesses. Furthermore, their water is not always sterile, and Sacagawea had no pampers for the infant.
3. Human Conflict . Disagreements caused by stressful conditions: eg. Denying the workers, by interfering with the personal affairs of members of the staff, by confronting disagreements between natives, because they do not know the different cultures and lifestyles, long, tense, or failed to negotiate with the tribes or by being too competitive with them.
4. Lost . Wrong track or backbone, as a leader crashes on ever-changing terrain or goes far beyond the camp or without adequate weapons or spare. Note: A young crew was lost for two weeks when he was looking for two lost horses.
5. Bad weather . Heavy rains, strong winds, heat, sunshine, stormy storms, hail, lightning, rapid flooding, water turbulence, weather-storming, frosty rain / temperature (-45 oF in North Dakota), ice / snow / snow. Note: Clark along with the slave, the hired interpreter, and his wife, Sacagawea, and his little boy ran down in a flash flood. Stormy shelter was circulating beneath roving cliffs, but more rapid flooding was found. Clark lost the compass, fired a bag and tomahawk. Sacagawea lost his son's cradle (back support)
6. Poor choice (just a few). If you make a bad choice in high pressure or unfavorable conditions, eg. He did not recognize known unfriendly tribes, openly for other reasons, for example. With wasted or stolen goods, his wrath against others, because he is jealous of friendships / relationships, offensive, or they are relieved of the necessary routine tasks or the purpose of travel
. depletion . From heat leakage or tiring labor (pulling up a tugboat or shipping voyages / goods around the slopes or gorge), cargo or toy transportation, hiking along the smooth / muddy / rocky rivers, climbing hills, heavy work, for example, Building and Mud cracks, underground cache and excavated cans and sleeping dangers.
8. Starvation . Lack of food in the mountains (eating candles and churches), the lack of horse in the grass / bark of the bark for the horses, without food lost, weak due to low food supply when / where the game was unavailable. Note: Each crew is eating nine kilos of meat per day. Sacagawea helped the body with this threat if it found and collected many wild foods
. Injury . Cuts, bruises, scratches, scratches, cacti, legs / arms, broken bones, insects / mosquitoes (sometimes the mosquitoes were so thick that they were in their eyes, ears, and mouths) / They burst on the packaging (Feet / shoulders / shoulders), bite / claw injuries from wild animals and wounds Knives or firearms
Injuries, 10. Potential Death (Accidental, Injury or Disease). It falls from high bluffs and horses, from illness, rapid flooding, river drowning, shipwreck, sudden storms or wild animals such as snake, kougas, wolves, buffalo and grizzly bears. Comments: One tribe wanted to kill the corps for robbery, but not. Several other tribes were able to defeat the corps at different times if they really wanted to. A member of the board died at the western end of the road, apparently an inflammation of the adrenal gland. Everyone has made the whole journey alive
Although most of the body is successful 1) pre-prepared, 2) huge stock, and 3) well educated, varied, many autobiographical members, many historians claim they did not He would have been able to reach such a long journey without generous help from the Indians-American tribes who had met along the way. Historians are right. The bodies could not have this dangerous mapping path without the help of the Indians. Yet, the corpses suffered many difficulties and disadvantages.