Lewis and Clark

The sign's horses carried only part of the load; women carried the rest. On August 24, setting out from the Montana side for this valley, Lewis wrote that he had nine horses and a mule, two more on hire, and that the Indian women took the balance of the baggage. Over the following days the expedition bartered for about thirty horses from Cameahwait's people, the Agaidika, who were hungry that summer, and a Shoshone guide agreed to lead them north.

What the plaque says

Lewis and Clark After crossing the Continental Divide southeast of here. Aug. 12, 1805, Lewis camped with a Shoshoni band near here, Aug. 13-14. Lewis had to obtain Indian horses so his men could get from the upper Missouri to a navigable stream flowing to the Pacific. So he persuaded the Shoshoni to accompany him to the expedition's main camp east of the mountains. There he found the Shoshoni chief to be Sacajawea's brother. With horses and help from Sacajawea's people, Lewis and Clark came to this valley Aug. 26 on their way north to the Lolo Trail and the Clearwater. 127 Text prepared by the Idaho Historical Society Marker made & installed by the Idaho Transportation Department

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural and Educational Center — 12 mi
  In the valley where she was born, a center that spells her name the way many of her people say it.
• Lemhi Pass — 13 mi
  Lewis walked up a Shoshone road looking for the Pacific and saw only more mountains.

More markers nearby

• Sacajawea — steps away
• MacDonald's Battle — 2.5 mi
• Fort Lemhi — 5.0 mi
• Lewis and Clark — 6.6 mi