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Captains Lewis and Clark holding a Council with the Indians The Journal of Patrick Gass
Captains Lewis & Clark holding a Council with the Indians
The Journal of Patrick Gass

Classroom Activity #6
Have students analyze the "Captain Lewis and Clark holding a Council with the Indians" print. Do these people fit the description of "the best authenticated accounts" mentioned earlier in Gass' journal? Do they look "gigantic", "fierce" and "treacherous"? Why or why not? Lewis and Clark presented Indian chiefs with peace medals. Have students analyze the images on the medal and interpret their meaning. (On one side is a bust of Thomas Jefferson, president at the time. On the reverse are two hands clasping, one wearing a wide wrist band symbolizing the Indian nations and the other showing the buttoned cuff of a military uniform, symbolizing the United States. Above the clasped hands are a crossed tomahawk and peace pipe with the words PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP.) Using the worksheet in the Appendix, page 34, have students design their own peace medal.

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