The Lewis and Clark Expedition
How would you feel if you were asked by the president to lead an expedition to explore new land? When America gained the Louisiana Purchase territory, a vast property from France to expand America, the government required someone to explore and chart the region. This party of explorers was led by Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark. The expedition lasted three years with only one occupant of their crew dying along the journey. The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an important historical event and I will present much information about the journey, places along the way, and conflicts.
The adventurous pack was also known as the “Corps of Discovery Expedition,” the Corps” being the participants. Surprisingly …show more content…
General James Wilkinson that the Americans were encroaching on territory claimed by Spain. On August 1 they sent four armed expeditions of 52 soldiers, mercenaries, and Indians from Santa Fe northward under Pedro Vial and Jose Jarvet, to intercept Lewis and Clark and imprison the whole expedition. When they reached the Pawnee settlement on the Platte River in central Nebraska, they found out that the expedition had been there days before, but because the expedition at that point was covering 130 kilometers a day, Vial's attempt to intercept them would not prove …show more content…
Interestingly, Lewis thought it best to descend high points in canoes on rivers. They did this multiple times and past Celilo Falls. Moving even farther away from their origin, they hiked past what is now known as Portland, Oregon. The Corps presently arrived at the Columbia River. They sighted Mount Hood and other geological formations such as strato-volcanos. All these landmarks proved that their journey was almost to the Pacific Ocean. They first spotted the Pacific Ocean on November 7, 1805, and they arrived two weeks later. The Corps faced a bitter winter for the second time.
Lack of food for the winter was a major problem as the elk was their main food source but unfortunately the elk had retreated to the mountains. The crew was also too poor to purchase food from the neighboring tribes. On November 4, 1805, the crew voted whether or not to camp near the south side of the Columbia River for the winter. Sacagawea, their Indian guide, and Clark’s personal slave, York, were surprisingly allowed to vote as well. This may have been the first time in American history that a woman and a slave
How would you feel if you were asked by the president to lead an expedition to explore new land? When America gained the Louisiana Purchase territory, a vast property from France to expand America, the government required someone to explore and chart the region. This party of explorers was led by Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark. The expedition lasted three years with only one occupant of their crew dying along the journey. The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an important historical event and I will present much information about the journey, places along the way, and conflicts.
The adventurous pack was also known as the “Corps of Discovery Expedition,” the Corps” being the participants. Surprisingly …show more content…
General James Wilkinson that the Americans were encroaching on territory claimed by Spain. On August 1 they sent four armed expeditions of 52 soldiers, mercenaries, and Indians from Santa Fe northward under Pedro Vial and Jose Jarvet, to intercept Lewis and Clark and imprison the whole expedition. When they reached the Pawnee settlement on the Platte River in central Nebraska, they found out that the expedition had been there days before, but because the expedition at that point was covering 130 kilometers a day, Vial's attempt to intercept them would not prove …show more content…
Interestingly, Lewis thought it best to descend high points in canoes on rivers. They did this multiple times and past Celilo Falls. Moving even farther away from their origin, they hiked past what is now known as Portland, Oregon. The Corps presently arrived at the Columbia River. They sighted Mount Hood and other geological formations such as strato-volcanos. All these landmarks proved that their journey was almost to the Pacific Ocean. They first spotted the Pacific Ocean on November 7, 1805, and they arrived two weeks later. The Corps faced a bitter winter for the second time.
Lack of food for the winter was a major problem as the elk was their main food source but unfortunately the elk had retreated to the mountains. The crew was also too poor to purchase food from the neighboring tribes. On November 4, 1805, the crew voted whether or not to camp near the south side of the Columbia River for the winter. Sacagawea, their Indian guide, and Clark’s personal slave, York, were surprisingly allowed to vote as well. This may have been the first time in American history that a woman and a slave