The Account Of Louis And Clark's Expedition

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The primary document, Thomas Jefferson’s secret message primarily talked about how making the Indians more civil such as teaching them to be more domestic and give up hunting will be beneficial to the economy of the United States. The letter did not tell a significant amount about Louis and Clark’s expedition. The reader has a substantial amount of emotion and description causing it to pull the reader in making the reader feel more compassion for their difficult journey. The reader also tell more about the journey its self that Louis and Clark took over all making it a more accurate description when dealing with the journey. Therefore the reader would be more appropriate to use if you were wanting to know more in detail about Louis and Clarks

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