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Excerpt from Gass Letter

Sketches of the Keelboat Lewis and Clark Journals
Sketches of the Keelboat
Lewis and Clark Journals

Sketch of the White Pirogue Lewis and Clark Journals
Sketches of the White Pirogue
Lewis and Clark Journals

Two Views of a Canoe Lewis and Clark Journals

Two Views of a Canoe
Lewis and Clark Journals

 

Classroom Activity #2
Have students analyze the drawings of the keelboat and the pirogue. These sketches were drawn by Lewis and Clark in their journals. Ask students how they think these boats were powered. (Steam, gas, and electric engines weren't invented yet.) Notice the oars and sails on the keelboat. A pirogue is a type of canoe. How would students feel rowing a boat almost every day for over two years? Later in the expedition, all of the men helped make canoes. See the drawing of the canoe. They adopted the Indian method of burning out the canoes. How would you feel carving or burning out a canoe from a tree?

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