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Lewis and Clark Expedition: Music, Songs, and Instruments.

__//**by: Sam, Zach, Isabella, and Leah.**//__
While on their expedition, Lewis and Clark, did indeed still listen to music and played several instruments as entertainment. Many members of the expedition had musical talent and used it to entertain the expedition. George Gibson and Pierre Cruzatte are only some of the members who played instruments. Voyagers and French water men were also known for singing aloud while they were working. Here's a list of instruments that were played on the Lewis and Clark expedition:


 * **Violin:** also known as the fiddle
 * **Jaw Harp:** a small musical instrument which is held against the teeth or lips, and plucked with the fingers. The expedition carried these as presents for the Indians, who were known for receiving things "very thankfully."
 * **Tambourine:** these were mentioned in the Lewis and Clark journals, but historians are not sure if the members of the expedition brought them along or if they were bartered from the Indians. Historians are also not sure if they were built the way were familiar to them, with metal jingles.
 * **Sounden Horn: this was not technically an instrument, but it was a noisemaker signaling something was on it's way, such as a boat. **
 * **Bones: were not mentioned in journals, but they were so common people believed it was important to write about them. **
 * Link:** [|http://www.cruzatte.com/resources/instruments.html]

Pierre Cruzatte Pierre Cruzatte was a very talented fiddler who entertained the voyagers, during the leisure hours of the expeditions.Back in June of 1805 Clark had remarked that Cruzatte played the instrument "extremly well." He enlisted into the Lewis and Clark expedition on May 16, 1804 at St. Charles, Missouri. Cruzatte had one eye and was and expert riverman who would help advancing boats up stream of the Missouri river. Pierre also had great frontier language skills, which helped them communicate with Indians and allow access to the upper part of Missouri. Cruzatte's translations, along with donations of useful gifts, were key in helping the Americans gain peaceful entry to the upper Missouri. Below is a drawn picture of Cruzatte fiddling. Along with Peirre Cruzatte, George Gibson also played the fiddle on the Corps of Discovery.

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 * [[image:http://lewis-clark.org/media/images/mu_StLouis-detl.jpg width="112" height="184"]]

Lewis and Clark "Playlist"
Here is a list of songs the members of the expedition sang, danced, and played to: []**
 * All Through the Night
 * Alouette
 * Blue Bells of Scotland
 * Comin' Thru the Rye
 * Drink to me only with thine Eyes
 * Green Grow the Rashes, Ho
 * Green Sleeves
 * Johnny Has Gone for a Solider
 * Malbrouck has gone to battle
 * Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
 * Yankee Doodle
 * Rose Tree
 * Top of Cork Road
 * Link: []

Most, music on the expedition wasn't written down. The musicians either played by ear/memory or created their own, new tunes.

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