Lewis Meriwether Lewis was the oldest son and the middle child. He was born on August 18, 1774 in Albemarle County, Virginia according to Neiman (1997). He was the son of William Meriwether Lewis, who was a lieutenant in the Continental Army and died in 1779. His widowed mother, Lucy, married Captain John Marks, who was an Army officer. Lucy was known to be an herb doctor in which intrigued Lewis who later enjoyed plants as Neiman said (1997). According to Neiman (1997) before he became President Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary in 1801, he “joined the U.S. Army in 1794, serving six years in the Frontier Army and rising to the rank of captain in 1800, then serving as paymaster of the First Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army.” Lewis planned his journey west after Jefferson’s instructions. Congress approved the journey in 1803, they know it would achieve knowledge of continental geography and wildlife.
Clark
Born on August 1, 1770, William Clark was the sixth son and ninth child …show more content…
They ended up with two large boats and six small canoes. They sent letters about the expedition and samples of animal and plant life discovered to President Jefferson in their original boat as it was sent back down river to St. Louis told Quiri (2001, p. 24). On June 3, 1805, the explorers came to a split in the river, they sent out groups to search each of the streams. Around June 13, they reached the Great Falls in Montana, where Sacagawea had once lived and home of the Shoshone, proclaimed Quiri (2001, p.27). They could not take their boats through the falls so they used trees to build trucks with wheels to carry them over land, taking nearly a month. Later, Sacagawea became very sick and Clark nursed her back to health. Lewis also became sick and after two doses of black liquid from boiled twigs his fever went down and he was no longer in pain. They came across wild animals frequently said Quiri (2001, p.
Clark
Born on August 1, 1770, William Clark was the sixth son and ninth child …show more content…
They ended up with two large boats and six small canoes. They sent letters about the expedition and samples of animal and plant life discovered to President Jefferson in their original boat as it was sent back down river to St. Louis told Quiri (2001, p. 24). On June 3, 1805, the explorers came to a split in the river, they sent out groups to search each of the streams. Around June 13, they reached the Great Falls in Montana, where Sacagawea had once lived and home of the Shoshone, proclaimed Quiri (2001, p.27). They could not take their boats through the falls so they used trees to build trucks with wheels to carry them over land, taking nearly a month. Later, Sacagawea became very sick and Clark nursed her back to health. Lewis also became sick and after two doses of black liquid from boiled twigs his fever went down and he was no longer in pain. They came across wild animals frequently said Quiri (2001, p.