Dr Margaret Huettl
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The rivers were often difficult to travel.
So not exactly a fun camping trip, not a weekend vacation.
Right.
And the way that many people think about Native Americans is all the same.
We have this idea, right, and it comes from Hollywood movies.
We lump a lot of Native people together, but they are traveling through an incredibly diverse region.
So, you know, going for a long time without seeing people and then encountering people.
And it's always a little uncertain how those different nations are going to react to Lewis and Clark.
They had had some pretty tense moments.
Interactions with the Lakota people before they headed further west early in the journey.
So because they don't have a fully filled in map, they don't know when they're going to encounter the next group of people.
They just have a rough estimate.
Right.
And that actually is really important.
And part of the reason why I think Lewis and Clark agreed to bring her along, because they knew that from indigenous perspectives, and this is something that's true across many different nations, having a woman and having children in your group is a sign of peace.
It's a sign that you're not there for conflict.
And so she helped to, just her presence helped to open diplomatic doors for Lewis and Clark.
So, no, she joins in February of 1805.
Ah, okay.
They are at a fort outside of where the Mandan and Hidatsa live.
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