Were the Shoshone Indians helpful
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The Shoshone tribe helped Lewis and Clark by providing them with horses. The expedition needed to use horses to get over the peaks of the Rocky...
Explanation:
The Shoshone Indians were sometimes called “Digger Indians.” To other people they were also known as the Snake Nation. They had a population of 9,125. They lived on both the east and the west sides of the Rocky Mountains. The people who lived west of the Rocky Mountains lived in roofless grass huts and hunted fish, birds, and rabbits. The Indians that lived east and up north of the Rocky Mountains lived in tepees and hunted buffalo. When the Shoshone were actually in the mountains they lived on roots, berries, and infrequently, fish and small game. The Shoshone usually lived in small groups of ten people or less. One tribe, the Lemhi, were great horsemen and had many brave warriors, but they were very poor and hungry. Their enemies were the Blackfeet, Atsani, and the Hidsastas. They had many things that the Shoshone didn’t such as rifles. They forced the Shoshone away from the plains and the great buffalo hunting up in the mountains. The Shoshone also was the key to success to the Lewis and Clark expedition. They let them pass through their land when Sacagawea was leading them to the Pacific Ocean.