Mier Expedition

Clark Expedition embark on from St. Louis, Missouri. In the book and in the documentary we are able to see that on May 14, 1804, the expedition's boats departed their path up the Missouri River. Going up the journey progressed extremely slowly because they were going up against current of the river. During the expedition they faced a lot of adversity but they faced a lot of discovery as well. I can point out that one of the initial problems that they faced during the beginning of the expedition…

useful for three reasons. For example Lewis and Clark were able to discovered many new species of plant and animals, were able to chart and map the new land, and seek help from Sacagawea and make peace with the Native Americans. The Lewis and Clark expedition was an important part of history that proved to be very successful. Lewis and Clark discovered many new species of interesting plants…

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the first American expedition to cross the western portion of America. This expedition was called the Corps of Discovery Expedition, but it is more commonly known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. President Thomas Jefferson ordered the expedition shortly after the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803. Lewis and Clark were to be accompanied by a few select US Army volunteers. Their journey lasted from May 1804 to September 1806. Their main objective…

and Clark Expedition, which took place from 1804-1806. I wanted to learn more about this Shoshone woman, because she has been represented on the US dollar coin and possesses many monuments throughout the country. This clearly emphasizes that Sacagawea was a very prominent figure in American history. In order to educate the class and myself, the three categories that were crucial to the comprehension of her life and achievements include (in order): Sacagawea’s life before the expedition, her role…

Lewis and Clark. We were born in the 1770s and grew up to be two of the most successful explores in American history. Our expedition started as President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory and asked us to explore and make friends with the Indians. President Jefferson gave us instructions to travel along the Missouri River and find a waterway to the Pacific. Our expedition started out on the 4th of July in 1804. As we explored, we came across villages of the Mandan and Hidatsas Indians.…

sense of superiority leads them to grant themselves false ranks. For example, 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…

The first reported sighting of Mount Shasta by a European or American was by Peter Skene Ogden, who was leading a Hudson's Bay Company trapping brigade, in 1826. Years later, in August of 1854, Elias Pierce led a group of eight men in the first attempt to reach the summit of the mountain. When they struck out, they did not know how tall the mountain was or even which route to take. They made it to the summit and raised a U.S. flag. Their story was published in the San Francisco Daily Herald…

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…

great American explorer and Thomas Jefferson’s private secretary. He is most well known for playing a major role in the Lewis and Clark expedition with fellow explorer William Clark in 1804. The purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to explore the Louisianan territories after Thomas Jefferson had bought the territory from Napoleon. During the expedition, Lewis and Clark found valuable resources such as the Missouri River, the most dependable water communication route for the United…

their five newly hollowed dugouts they had made. They reached the Snake River on October 10 and the Columbia River on October 16. On November 24, the explorers reached the place where the Columbia River emptied into the Pacific Ocean, completing the expedition (Anderson). Lewis and Clark decided to set up camp south of the Columbia River…