lewis and clark expedition
...he Rocky Mountains, and canoeing down the Snake and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Ocean was often confusing and tedious. Many situations, such as getting off course, finding the nearest water supply, places to stay for the night, and the problems with mosquito’s all could have been solved by the power of a computer or a call from a cell phone. Although their French-Canadian fur traders wife, Sacagawea, was proven invaluable to the expedition, today she would be almost useless because her main succession was finding needed supplies at critical moments. On any expedition today, helicopters would be able to fly in any needed supplies in a short period of time including transportation. These many situations that could have easily been fixed today, could have ruined Lewis and Clarks expedition which would have lessened expansion into Texas and the Southwest. Lewis and Clarks expedition took almost two and a half years to complete. Transportation in the 1800’s included walking, and mainly horses. This disadvantage made the trip longer then needed. When the men were faced with the situation of tracking over the Rocky Mountains, Sacagawea gave the men horses that could have cost them their lives because of the snow. Today, planes can take you any place in the world and back in one day. While exploring this land, the mean walked many miles. The men on this expedition traveled across the plains for many years before finally reaching, tracking, and journalizing the whole thing. If this trip was set up for today, it could probably be completed in one we...