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In May of 1804 Meriwether Lewis invited me on a expedition with William Clark with 59 other people, we set sailed on the Missouri River. When we recline on the Missouri River. Lewis stopped on a couple stops to put stuff in his journal. September 5th, 1804 we spotted a deer with black tales cliffs upstream from the mouth of the Niobrara River in northeast Nebraska. On July 9th,1806 in Montana near Sun River we stopped and a plant with a blueish petals on it and Lewis wrote in his journal…

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…

Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, me, and others were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. Our expedition into the Louisiana Territory was not only to explore but record information about the land and find the source of the Missouri-northwest passage- make peace with the Indians as well. This expedition started in 1804 and ended in 1806 which is two and a half or twenty eight months. The expedition was from St.Louis , Missouri to the Pacific…

Captain Lewis addresses Chief Shahaka "all men are kings-you-me [pointing to each in turn] from ocean to ocean (1.1.). Captain Lewis preaches that the reason for their expedition is to teach all tribes of "Indians that constant war brings wars, famine, and destroys the number, allowing the big dogs to eat up the little ones"( Sacajawea 2.1.10). The white characters praise each other and assert their peaceful intention as Drouillard -one of the white characters – introduces Warrior Lewis and…

Brown, M. (2014). In New York. N.p.: Alfred A, Knopf. This book explores through New York City and the many things that you can find there. The book starts off giving a history of New York when it was called New Amsterdam. It shows how different things were back then and how it is now a much more populated and frequently visited city. The book gives details of the many different attraction that that this city holds, such as, The Empire State Building, the subway, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis…

The Lewis and Clark Expedition is most commonly known as the exploration that led to the westward expansion of the United States of America. William Clark is highly under-credited for his role as one of the two explorers on the trip with most of the credit given to Meriwether Lewis. William Clark is responsible for the making of maps along the journey, especially his master map of the West. Without the detailed maps that Clark created, there would have been a delay in westward expansion in an…

stay there long enough to fully grasp the unique lifeways of local peoples including the Clatsops, Chinooks and Killamucks. Because Lewis and Clark did not have pre-existing knowledge of the specific lifeways of these groups, they instead relied on acquaintances with previously-encountered indigenous peoples to, as one scholar said, “make the strange familiar.” Lewis and Clark had to improvise their interactions with new peoples using ethnocentric presumptions to feel comfortable initiating…

Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis is the leader of this expedition and William Clark is his companion on the expedition. Thomas Jefferson wanted them to find a trail that leads to the Pacific Ocean. On May 21, 1804 we started our journey. We traveled to the Louisiana territory. On our journey we came across some coyotes. They are so beautiful, they have grizzled gray or orangish gray above with buff underparts. They have long rusty or yellowish legs, bushy tail with black tips. Their height…

As Lewis and i continued our journey we hoped to see horses nearby. Then we saw an Indian on horseback, it was the first time we saw an Indian since Fort Mandan. The Shoshone led us to the chief who ended up being the brother of Sacagawea. Sacagawea was helping us translate as we were bargaining with the Chief. As the price goes higher everyday to trade i ended up having to give my knife, pistol and one hundred rounds of ammunition. In exchange i got horses. Most of the horses were in poor…

Meriwether Lewis’s Death When a person hears the names, “Lewis and Clark,” the majority of people think of the two brave explorers leading The Corps of Discovery. Starting in 1803 and ending in 1806, Lewis and Clark lead the Corps on a journey through the Louisiana territory. The purpose of this expedition was to observe the newly acquired land, interact (positively) with the natives, but most importantly to find a clear water route that would be used for trade. Even though a clear, navigable…