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MANIFEST DESTINY

You are Meriwether or William• AssumethepersonaofeitherMeriwetherLewis orWilliamClark.• Continuetoimagineandinferwhattheirexpeditionwouldhavebeenlike

andwritethreejournalentriesdescribingyourexperiencesduringyourexploration.Yourjournalentriesmustbeatleastaparagrapheachand:− Beginwiththedateonwhichyouarewriting(sometimebetween1804-1806)andend

withyourchosenidentity’ssignature.− Containdetailsaboutwhereyouare,yourimpressionoftheenvironment,your

experiences,yourfeelings,excitingdiscoveries,interestingmeetingswithNatives,frighteningencounters,etc.

• Eachentrymustbedifferentandcreative,yetbasedintherealitiesthatwouldhaveexistedinthistimeperiod.Youmaydofurtherresearchforideasandtoensureaccuracy.

• Yourjournalentriesmustalsocontainatleastonedrawing.Thiscanrepresentanillustrationoftheexpedition,aparticulareventordiscovery,aself-portrait,etc.

• Becreativeandhavefun!Youwillbesharingtheseinclass.

Monday, June 11, 1804

“The N W. wind blew hard & cold as this wind was imediately a head, we could not proceed we took the advantage of this Delay and Dried our wet articles, examin’d Provisions etc. the river begining to fall, the hunters killed two Deer... two Bear in the Prarie, they were not fat. we had the meat Jurked and also the venison, which is a constant Practice to have all the fresh meat not used, Dried in this way.”

William Clark