sign language
Cultural · mentioned in 6 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
Return
Post-expedition
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Lewis: August 14, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 14, 1805 · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
"jesticulation universally understood"
Lewis: August 22, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 22, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"Drewyer conversed with Indians by signs"
Lewis: September 10, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Sep 10, 1805 · Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
"jesticulation common language of all Aborigines"
Clark: March 31, 1806
William Clark · Mar 31, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"used in conversation with Indians"
Lewis: July 2, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 2, 1806 · Travelers' Rest - party splits: Lewis north, Clark south
"only mode of communicating ideas"
Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day — John Ordway: August 30, 1806
John Ordway · Aug 30, 1806 · Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day
"Clark signed to Indians to keep back"
