William Clark

Jefferson asked me to lead a group of men through the new land and discover its value and content. I gladly accepted the challenge. I am always in for a adventure. I also heard word of a reward! A few days after I wrote to my childhood friend, William Clark, asking him to join me in leading the exciting expedition. After planning, packing, and recruiting, we finally left on May 14, 1804. I started on a different route from the Corps of Discovery but met up with them again in St. Charles,…

known today as the Louisiana Purchase. After Jefferson discussed exploring the New Land beyond the “great rock mountains” he appointed his personal secretary Meriwether Lewis to voyage to the ocean. Lewis asked for help on this trip by a man named William Clark. He was an intelligent draftsman and frontiersman, Lewis had much respect for him and he gave him the role of a com-commanding captain on there expedition. They founded the Corps of Discovery which was a specially established unit of…

Sacagawea Introduction Sacajawea is important is US history because she helped with the Lewis and Clark expedition called the Corps of Discovery. She helped with translating with the Native American tribes, identifying plants and geography, and saving valuable journals, instruments, and medicines when a boat tipped over. It was a sign that the Corp of Discovery was a peaceful group to other tribes since they brought along a woman and especially a woman, Sacagawea, and her baby, Jean Baptiste.…

Today is the day we travel on the trail to the 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…

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…

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 trade in such a…

of 1808 was controlled by Spain, Russia, Britain, and the United States. However, only the United States and Britain would continue control over the region by the 1820’s. Any form of invasion or concquering, which some might consider the Lewis and Clark expedition was, would be invading land belonging to multiple countries. Jefferson could have potentially started conflicts with any of these countries and also the Native American land which they will be trespassing on. However, Jefferson still…

There can be no doubt that the Lewis and Clark expedition was a monumental juncture in American history – the lands that they explored more than two hundred years ago are today home to millions of Americans. However, at the time, most Americans had only a faint conception of what genuinely existed west of their homes. They could not have imagined the spectacular lands of the Pacific coast, territory that would become, arguably, the nation 's most highly sought-after within 50 years. However,…

of the new land he had acquired. The main goal was to map this part of the continent. There were two men that led the “Corps of volunteers for North Western Discovery” (Keene, 201). Jefferson’s private secretary, Meriwether Lewis, and Captain William Clark were chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory, and lead a small band of explorers. They started in the frontier town of St. Louis. By using keelboats for their transportation they were able to carry a ton of supplies with them. They traveled…

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark went on their expedition of the territory, they reported an abundance of lakes and live animals that could support a large number…