Beginning on February 9, 1779, Clark and his men embarked for Vincennes 240 miles away through the now flooded region. The major faced a test of morality as the company trudged through frozen dirt and in freezing waters. In the rain, the troops sung to keep high hopes and when they were close enough to the village, Clark had to post a riflemen at the rear to encourage the tired individuals (Davis 98). Their ambitions rose when they captured an Indian hunting canoe carrying buffalo meat, corn, tallow, and kettles. After devouring their finds, the unit made it the final miles within eyesight of Fort Sackville on February 23(Davis 99). The Kentuckian Major promptly entered the village and took the main street, at the same time, Col. Hamilton …show more content…
For, he pursued the thought of attacking Fort Detroit itself. Unfortunately, when he requested supplies from Virginia, he was given nothing (“George Rogers Clark Biography”). Even worse, Clark provided the funds for his expeditions himself and the Legislature of Virginia refused to reimburse him for his services to the country. Becoming desperate, Clark resumed surveying and became associated with a declining meat-hunting business, he was dismally unable to get out of debt (Ketchum 3). There was a time when the State of Virginia sent Clark an honorary sword for his work, but he broke it in two in frustration. However in 1803, he was finally given 400 dollars and another sword, only Clark knew at this point, it was unnecessary as he informed the messenger: “Young man, when Virginia needed a sword, I found her one. Now I need bread.” (Ketchum 3). Near the end of his life, Clark had to have his leg amputated as a result of a serious burn, amazingly, he was distracted during the operation by military marches played outside. Since there was no anesthetic at this time, it was surprising that he was unaware of any
Clark make canoes to finish the trip to the Pacific. They made it to the Pacific on November 15,
They slowly made their way up river with their crew spread out on three boats at the start of this expedition. On slow days they covered four miles and on a good day they covered up to twenty miles. On an average it was about ten miles covered a day. The two captains divided their duties. Clark stayed on the keelboat and managed the men, compass readings, and the distance traveled. Lewis went ashore with his dog almost every day to gather plants, take soil samples, and taking note of the good sites for future settlements. By June 26th, they had traveled forty-three days and four hundred miles. By July 21st, they had traveled six hundred forty miles. One of the first Indian tribes they encountered was the Oto Indian tribe. Instructions from President Jefferson were that they would make friends with the Indians. Lewis and Clark were very careful in advising them that their land now belonged to the United States. After leaving the Oto Indians, the
Lewis and Clark were able to cover many miles before The Missouri River froze . Four days after the first snowfa ll, they reached the Mandan tribe's villages, where they planned to spend the winter. Without stopping,the members began to build a fort for protection against the snow and attack by the Sioux. Before the end of November, when ice wa s already running in the river, the fort was finished. Temperatures dropped to below QQF and guards, watching the entire fort, had to be relieved every 30 minutes. The expedition's food supplies soon began to run low. To make it through the winter, the
“Dwight D. Eisenhower was a master craftsman in the demanding art of leadership. For twenty years, first as a soldier and then as a statesman, he bore the daily responsibility for difficult decisions that had far-reaching consequences for the nation.” (WS) He had been promoted lieutenant colonel and was an obscure officer until the US involvement with World War Two. The US had been attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Soon after the attack, Congress declared war and they entered on the Allied side. Until the war Eisenhower had no real chance of distinguishing himself through war. However, he still worked hard to be prepared for whatever task came to him. This preparation and hard work helped him, as he caught the eye
In two years, Lewis, Clark, and all of the men that traveled with them did the impossible. They mapped the territory, collected ample samples of flora and fauna, and made peace with the various Indian tribes, all while keeping more than thirty men alive in the wilderness. If they hadn’t been efficient packers and effective diplomats, none of this would have been possible. Their journey was a huge success, and all of the men made it back alive, despite risking themselves several times by splitting up. The journey of Lewis and Clark will be remembered for centuries to come, and rightfully so.
In the end, the Wagon Box Flight took many men to their deaths and renewed the terror of the Lakota. Captain Samuel Marr was returned to Fort C.F. Smith after being shot in the leg by friendly fire. Private Thompson was knocked out cold in the field and left for scalping in the blazing firefight. He survived the close encounter and didn’t remember what happened or where he was for a few days. While battered and wrecked, Sargent Seamus
Mamie Phipps Clark was born on April 18, 1917 in Hot Spring, Arkansas. Mrs. Clark was brought up knowing a professional lifestyle. Her father Harold H. Phipps was an African American, who was a physician and was more than able to support his family of four rather easily. Her mother Katy Florence Phipps, was a homemaker who was very involved in her husband's medical practice. Mamie had explained that being an African American in the early 1930’s and living in the South was far from easy, even for the middle class family that she came from. “My father was a well-respected black person, and it was a phenomenon that is not really unusual in the South, that even in the highly segregated situations, you will have a few blacks that are
George Rogers Clark was a leader and hero to all of the Kentuckians he protected from both Indian and possible British attacks. After the Revolutionary War broke out, he decided to attack the British army at their forts in Kaskaskia, Vincennes, and Detroit. George Rogers Clark who had four brothers fighting in war wanted desperately to be a part of it. Clark later wrote, "It was at this period that I first though of paying some attention to
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After moving 42 miles in three days, Custer realized that “directly west, in his front, are the very Indians the columns [were] searching for.” He massed his forces and deployed scouts to confirm the enemy's position. Before dawn on June 25th, they found “6,000 to 7,000 natives . . . encamped about 15 miles away . . . in the expansive Little Bighorn Valley.” Post-battle analysis confirmed “at least 2,000 warriors” in a settlement that “cover[ed] nearly two miles.” During this reconnaissance, Custer believed the enemy had discovered his column, and hastily began his attack, “fearing the natives might escape.”
In April of 1585, Grenville was finally ready to set sail, with his acquired seven ships complemented by nearly six hundred men, one hundred of whom were to be settlers. Among this initial company were Ralph Lane, a professional soldier, who was also to be governor of the colony, John White, an artist, and Thomas Hariot, a scientific observer. On June 26 the expedition reached Ocracoke Island of the North Carolina coast but it was not until July 29 that they moved to Roanoke Island where they planted a settlement. The month of time in between had been occupied with exploring rivers and sounds of the region. By the time Grenville sailed away on August 25, to return to England, the party of men had unloaded the vessels, traded with the Indians, collected information about the country, erected huts, and prepared a settlement, Fort Raleigh,
Clark’s additional description of “frozen mud” and “weed grown cavities,” show that the scene takes place months after the battle here has ended. Not only does the written word describe the scene, but also that fact that never once does Clark mention a solider, equipment or emplacements, insists the prairie is now behind the lines. There are still explosions in the distance, and the four men must continue to live in fear of a returning battle.
I myself have some knowledge about the history of Fort Laramie, which learned from my mother. In 1834, the fort was started by fur traders and nearly 15 years later the military purchased Fort Laramie and named it Jacques La Ramie after a French fur trapper. I remember having all sorts of conversations with my lovely mother about recent history. I sometimes wonder how she receives this information. She can passionately discuss about historic happenings all day and never run out of things of the topic to say! Anyways, I noticed many wagon trains arriving here to collect supplies as well as receive protection for their wagons. Luckily, not one person in my wagon train was in desperate need of any protection or supplies, therefore we could move right along to Independence Rock. Thankfully, we are planned to arrive on July 2nd, two days before Independence
Kenneth Bancroft Clark was born on July,24,1914 in Panama Canal Zone, he died on May,1,2005 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Clark’s parents were Arthur Bancroft Clark and Miriam Hanson Clark. When Clark was 4 ½ years old his mother made him and his siblings move to New York in 1919, but his father refused to leave and stayed in the country they where living in.
The carnage at St. Francis deserves a brunt of the detail. It was now good marching ground and the men pressed on with celerity till on the 22nd day after their departure from Crown Point, one of them, by climbing a tree, discovered the village of St. Francis at three miles distance, when the party were ordered to halt and refresh themselves. At eight o'clock in the evening, Major Rogers, Lieut. Turner and Ensign Avery left the company and went forward for the purpose of reconnoitering the place. They found the Indians engaged in a dance, evidently entertaining no apprehensions of an enemy in the vicinity. They returned about two o'clock in the morning and at three o'clock, Rogers advanced with the whole party, within three hundred yards of the village, where the men were lightened of their packs and formed for action. About an hour after this, the Indians broke up their dances and retired to their cabins for repose; and soon the whole village was asleep, the more oblivious from the weariness induced by their late diversion. About half an hour before dawn, the troops, having been arranged in three divisions for the purpose of making simultaneous attacks, in as many directions, were ordered to advance. Never was a place more completely surprised, nor in a condition less capable of making any sort of