Lewis and Clark why did they take the two Indians on their trip with them?

Answer 1

It appears nearly all members had skills and several were disciplinary problems. This is a list of all 42 inclusive of several, non-indian, translators.

1. Captain Meriwether Lewis — private secretary to President Thomas Jefferson and leader of the Expedition.

2. Captain William Clark — shared command of the Expedition, although technically second in command.

3. York — Clark's enslaved black manservant.

4. Sergeant Charles Floyd — the Expedition's quartermaster; died early in the trip. He was the one person who died during the Expedition.

5. Sergeant Patrick Gass — chief carpenter, promoted to Sergeant after Floyd's death.

6. Sergeant John Ordway — responsible for issuing provisions, appointing guard duties, and keeping records for the Expedition.

7. Sergeant Nathaniel Hale Pryor — leader of the 1st Squad; he presided over the court martial of privates John Collins and Hugh Hall.

8. Corporal Richard Warfington — conducted the return party to St. Louis in 1805.

9. Private John Boley — disciplined at Camp Dubois and was assigned to the return party.

10. Private William E. Bratton — served as hunter and blacksmith.

11. Private John Collins — had frequent disciplinary problems; he was court-martialed for stealing whiskey which he had been assigned to guard.

12. Private John Colter — charged with mutiny early in the trip, he later proved useful as a hunter; he earned his fame after the journey.

13. Private Pierre Cruzatte — a one-eyed French fiddle-player and a skilled boatman. (Blind in one eye and severely near-sighted in the other; he mistook Lewis for an elk and shot him in the leg.)

14. Private John Dame

15. Private Joseph Field — a woodsman and skilled hunter, brother of Reubin.

16. Private Reubin Field — a woodsman and skilled hunter, brother of Joseph.

17. Private Robert Frazer — kept a journal that was never published.

18. Private George Gibson — a fiddle-player and a good hunter; he served as an interpreter (probably via sign language).

19. Private Silas Goodrich — the main fisherman of the expedition.

20. Private Hugh Hall — court-martialed with John Collins for stealing whiskey.

21. Private Thomas Proctor Howard — court-martialed for setting a "pernicious example" to the Indians by showing them that the wall at Fort Mandan was easily scaled.

22. Private François Labiche — French fur trader who served as an interpreter and boatman.

23. Private Hugh McNeal — the first white explorer to stand astride the headwaters of the Missouri River on the Continental Divide.

24. Private John Newman — court-martialed and confined for "having uttered repeated expressions of a highly criminal and mutinous nature."

25. Private John Potts — German immigrant and a miller.

26. Private Moses B. Reed — attempted to desert in August 1804; convicted of desertion and expelled from the party.

27. Private John Robertson — member of the Corps for a very short time.

28. Private George Shannon — was lost twice during the expedition, once for sixteen days. Youngest member of expedition at 19.

29. Private John Shields — blacksmith, gunsmith, and a skilled carpenter; with John Colter, he was court-martialed for mutiny.

30. Private John B. Thompson — may have had some experience as a surveyor.

31. Private Howard Tunn — hunter and navigator.

32. Private Ebenezer Tuttle — may have been the man sent back on June 12, 1804; otherwise, he was with the return party from Fort Mandan in 1805.

33. Private Peter M. Weiser — had some minor disciplinary problems at River Dubois; he was made a permanent member of the party.

34. Private William Werner — convicted of being absent without leave at St. Charles, Missouri, at the start of the expedition.

35. Private Isaac White — may have been the man sent back on June 12, 1804; otherwise, he was with the return party from Fort Mandan in 1805.

36. Private Joseph Whitehouse — often acted as a tailor for the other men; he kept a journal which extended the Expedition narrative by almost five months.

37. Private Alexander Hamilton Willard — blacksmith; assisted John Shields. He was convicted on July 12, 1804, of sleeping while on sentry duty and given one hundred lashes.

38. Private Richard Windsor — often assigned duty as a hunter.

39. Interpreter Toussaint Charbonneau — Sacagawea's husband; served as a translator and often as a cook.

40. Interpreter Sacagawea — Charbonneau's wife; translated Shoshone to Hidatsa for Charbonneau and was a valued member of the expedition.

41. Jean Baptiste Charbonneau — Charbonneau and Sacagawea's son, born February 11, 1805; his presence helped dispel any notion that the expedition was a war party, smoothing the way in Indian lands.

42. Interpreter George Drouillard — skilled with Indian sign language; the best hunter on the expedition.

* "Seaman", Lewis' black Newfoundland dog.

Answer 2

Sacajawea did assorted the paintings thus far as communique with the Indians is going. in case you may arise with a replica of the interior maximum diary of the two Lewis or Clark, you will additionally discover a Black Slave that had plenty to do with "public kinfolk" with the Indians additionally! As I bear in mind, he did a DARNED reliable activity too!

Answer 3

To serve as liasons in Indian territory. Actually it was 1 Indian Sacajawea and her husband, a French fur trapper. He ended up being useless and Sacajawea became the hero of the mission.

Answer 4

to guide them in unknown territory to Lewis and Clark but well known territory to the indians.

Answer 5

Because they knew more amout the region and shared their knowledge and resources the Lewis & Clark lacked knowledge of

Answer 6

Actually it was one Native American , Sacajawea, one Half Breed , Jean Baptist, and one French Canadian Trapper Toussaint Charbonneau. All one happy Family Sacajawea, Toussaint as husband and wife translators and guides and Jean Baptist because he was just months old in March on 1805 so he needed his mother .

Answer 7

To help them navigate and learn the unfamiliar territory, and to befriend the Indians they encountered.

Answer 8

Guides and translation.

Answer 9

well one is that they were guides and they knew what the land was like. also they served as translators.

Answer 10

they needed guides. otherwise they would have had no idea where they were going