The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Throughout time, Lewis and Clark have been one of the most famous American explorers. The reasons Lewis and Clark were some of the greatest American explorers were that they found a way to the west coast, mapped the land past the Appalachian mountains, and they overcame many challenges and dangers along the way including bad weather, geographical, animals, insects, and native Americans.
Lewis and Clark weren't always known as America's great explorers. Lewis was actually Thomas Jefferson’s private secretary. When Jefferson asked him if he would like to lead an expedition west. Lewis jumped at the chance and as his co- captain, he selected William Clark, his old friend, then they started preparing for their expedition. Before Clark was selected as co-captain he was a part of the U.S. …show more content…
With 50 full grown men they had to be careful of everything because they were entering unknown territory. One big obstacle was geographical, there weren't highways or speed boat. They had to travel by foot or for most of the journey they went up stream through the Mississippi. If that wasn't bad enough, they also had to deal with bad weather. From Classroom.com What obstacles did Lewis and Clark’s expedition face Brian Gabriel said“Lewis and Clark's Expedition had to deal with thunderstorms, extreme heat and cold temperatures, hail storms and dust clouds.”.This is not all, they also had to deal with bugs. The worst of all was mosquitos they stung anywhere, especially the face. They also had to deal with native Americans. Most of the encounters were hospitable where they would trade for supplies and have a place to relax and rest. While this was the case for most they did have a hostile encounter. With a group called the Blackfeet Indians no one from the expedition died, but they killed two of the Blackfeet. But they pushed on in hopes of surviving the harsh land
Throughout time, Lewis and Clark have been one of the most famous American explorers. The reasons Lewis and Clark were some of the greatest American explorers were that they found a way to the west coast, mapped the land past the Appalachian mountains, and they overcame many challenges and dangers along the way including bad weather, geographical, animals, insects, and native Americans.
Lewis and Clark weren't always known as America's great explorers. Lewis was actually Thomas Jefferson’s private secretary. When Jefferson asked him if he would like to lead an expedition west. Lewis jumped at the chance and as his co- captain, he selected William Clark, his old friend, then they started preparing for their expedition. Before Clark was selected as co-captain he was a part of the U.S. …show more content…
With 50 full grown men they had to be careful of everything because they were entering unknown territory. One big obstacle was geographical, there weren't highways or speed boat. They had to travel by foot or for most of the journey they went up stream through the Mississippi. If that wasn't bad enough, they also had to deal with bad weather. From Classroom.com What obstacles did Lewis and Clark’s expedition face Brian Gabriel said“Lewis and Clark's Expedition had to deal with thunderstorms, extreme heat and cold temperatures, hail storms and dust clouds.”.This is not all, they also had to deal with bugs. The worst of all was mosquitos they stung anywhere, especially the face. They also had to deal with native Americans. Most of the encounters were hospitable where they would trade for supplies and have a place to relax and rest. While this was the case for most they did have a hostile encounter. With a group called the Blackfeet Indians no one from the expedition died, but they killed two of the Blackfeet. But they pushed on in hopes of surviving the harsh land