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= __​​____ Items and Equipment that Lewis & Clark Packed and Brought __ = = __ By: Ryan, David, Anna, Julie __ =

Our wiki is about the many items and equipment that Lewis and Clark brought on the expedition. They brought a lot, so we can only cover so much.

__ Different Types of Items __
They brought many different types of items like mathematical instruments, arms & accoutrements, ammunition, clothing, camp equipage, provisions and means of subsistence, Indian presents, means of transportation, medicine, and other materials. This was necessary for them to survive their expedition.

__ Survival Tools __
They needed guns and other survival tools on their expedition to get food and other resources. They used rifles, muskets, gun slings, large knives, and many other useful equipment. They also made ammunition for their guns. They brought 600lbs total of rifle powder and lead. They needed this equipment to hunt for food.

__ Medicine __
They brought medicine in case they got sick. They had many remedies for their sicknesses such as best powder's bark, powdered rhubarb, nitre, and many others. They brought these for the many different diseases that they'd be exposed to during their journey. If they got seriously ill it would be very hard to keep going until they got better. This medicine would help them get better quickly.

__ The Compass __
Although they brought many supplies on their expedition, one of the most important thing they had on their expedition was a magnetic compass.The compass was needed to make observations to determine how many degrees the compass needle pointed away from true north (that is, the magnetic declination). The celestial observations the captains took would fix the latitude and longitude of important river junctions and, by knowing the magnetic declination, the survey made with the magnetic compass between those points could be corrected to true north. From this, a cartographer could produce an accurate map.

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