Much more is said about the great success of Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery-of-westward expedition around the discomforts and the dangers they faced every day without a second thought. In fact, because of these constant difficulties and dangers, they were lucky to make it to the Pacific coast and back alive.
Some of the hardships they endured were lack of privacy, the routine disease, poor hygiene and medical care, pimples / sores, accidental wounds, knife wounds / firearm, falls / spills, biting insects (a galore), poisonous snakes, thorny plants, storms, extreme temperatures, violent storms, hail, floods, lost, stress, hunger, lack of sleep, fatigue, aches, pains, encounters with wild animals carnivores (bears), depletion of goods commercial, and potential deaths.
Ten difficulties and dangers summarized
1. No privacy. camping and the outdoors. In addition, tight quarters of the boats, canoes, and palisades. Finding the time and place for personal needs when it is not camped, for example, for the rest, sleep, time, healing, to make or repair their clothing / footwear, nursing themselves back to health, the haircut, mustache, finger / toenails, and have adequate places to bathe and use the toilet if it existed.
2. Disease. sores, boils, diarrhea, stomach discomfort, flatulence, sunburn, dehydration, cold, flu, frost bite, constipation, blockage of menstruation, headaches, appendicitis, toothache, mouth sores, dental problems, potential pneumonia, cholera, venereal diseases, and smallpox. In addition, poor hygiene practices, such as not having brushes, personal or prophylactic teeth, which can cause health problems. In addition, some medical treatments, such as, bleeding, do not cure disease. Moreover, their water was not always sterile, and Sacagawea had Pampers for her child.
3. human conflict Disagreements caused by stress conditions :. for example, to do their share of work, to meddle in the personal affairs of a member of the crew, to meddle in clashes between the people themselves, not to understand different cultures and their way of life, for a long, tense, or the negotiation failed with the tribes, or be too competitive with them.
4. Get lost. Taking a path or wrong tributary, for guidance are confused by the constantly changing terrain, or stray too far alone or without arms or adequate backup field. Note: a young crew member was lost for two weeks during the recovery of two horses away.
5. Bad weather. Heavy rains, strong winds, heat, sun, storms, hail, lightning, floods, river rips, weather-induced spills boat, freezing rain / temperatures (-45 In North Dakota), ice / sleet / snow. Note: Clark with his slave and hired the interpreter and his wife, Sacagawea, and their baby survived a flood. They had sought refuge storm under the overhanging rocks, but meets a rapid flow increases, however. Clark has lost the plot, shot bag, and tomahawk. Sacagawea lost aboard the cradle of the child (rear carrier).
6. The wrong choices (few) . Making bad choices under the high pressure and unfavorable circumstances: for example, not by avoiding known hostile tribes, openly taking anger out on others for many reasons, for example, goods lost or stolen, to be jealous of friendships / relationships, by feeling insulted, or be distracted from routine tasks needed or the purpose of the trip.
7. Exhaustion. Since heat stroke or exhausting work (pulling the keel upstream or portaging boats / supplies or near Falls Rapids), by freight or play, from hiking on slick muddy river bank / / rock, from Hill climbing / trees, doing heavy work, such as construction and fences of sealing mud, or go underground cache and canoes, and loss of sleep.
8. Hunger. The lack of food in the mountains (candles and foals ate there), lack of bark grass / tree for horses, lost without food, getting weaker by the low food supply when / where the game was not available. Note: Each member of the crew could eat about nine pounds of meat a day. Sacagawea helped the body with this situation by finding and collecting many edible wild.
9. Injuries. Cuts, bruises, scrapes, scratches, cactus bites, leg / arm sprains, broken bones, insect / mosquito bites (sometimes mosquitoes were so thick they got in their eyes, ears and mouth), falling horses, horses falling / same intervention with the pack or pilot, potential snake bites, stings thorny plant, perforated loafers, sore bleeding feet / legs, muscle aches / pains (foot / back / shoulders), bites / claw-injuries wild animals, and wounds from gunshot or knife.
10. The potential death (accidents, injuries, or illness). Fall from high cliffs and horses, disease, flooding, drowning the river, spills boat, sudden storms, or wildlife, for example, snake, cougars, wolves, buffalo, grizzly bear (many close calls occurred during the journey) . Notes: a tribe wanted to kill his body to his tally, but he did not. Several other tribes could overcome the body at different times if they really wanted to. A member of the body is dead on the west leg of the trip, apparently of appendicitis. All others made the whole trip to life.
Although much of the body's success can be attributed to 1) their careful preparation in advance, 2) their vast supplies to begin with, and 3) their, different, members well trained self-sufficient, many historians say they could not have done that long journey with success without the generous help from the tribe of native Americans they encountered along the way. Historians are right. The body could not take that dangerous exploratory trip without the help from the Indians. Yet, the body has passed numerous hardships and dangers on their own.
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