Differences Between Lewis And Clark Expedition

After the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson decided to have two explorers travel the land to see what was on there. Jefferson chose his secretary Merriwether Lewis, and he chose William Clark to be his partner. Then they assembled the Corps of Discovery, which concluded of 31 men and one dog named Seaman. Merriwether Lewis was one of the leaders in the group. He studied different rocks animals and plant life. Though, unfortunately Lewis was always the unlucky one on the trip. He managed to fall of a cliff, poison himself with minerals and get shot in the buttocks. How did he get shot, You might ask? Well it wasn't by an indian. He was shot by one of the men on the team, Cruzatte. They were hunting for elk when Cruzatte mistook Lewis for an elk, and shot him. The bullet had hit Lewis one inch below his hip joint and plowed a three inch gap through his buttocks. Though there were many downs to Lewis's trip, he did find out many new things. …show more content…
He made maps and studied the land. He was known for all the journals he kept. He noted down all of the things they saw on the new land. Lewis and Clark traveled for two years, four months, and ten days. On their journey they met Sacagawea, a Shoshone indian and her husband Toussaint Charbonneau. They joined Lewis and Clark on their journey. They both knew lots of indian language so they would translate whenever they came upon indians. On the journey Sacagawea had a baby named Jean Baptiste