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Manifest Destiny Interactive. Manifest Destiny Rags to Riches. Meriwether Lewis was born in Virginia in but spent his early childhood in Georgia. He returned to Virginia as a teenager to receive his education and graduated from college in He then joined the Virginia state militia—where he helped to put down the Whiskey Rebellion —and later became a captain in the U.
At age 27 he became personal secretary to President Thomas Jefferson. William Clark was born in Virginia in but moved with his family to Kentucky at age At age 19, he joined the state militia and then the regular Army, where he served with Lewis and was eventually commissioned by President George Washington as a lieutenant of infantry.
Even before negotiations with France were finished, Jefferson asked Congress to finance an expedition to survey the lands of the so-called Louisiana Purchase and appointed Lewis as expedition commander.
Lewis knew that exploring the Louisiana Territory would be no small task and began preparations immediately. He studied medicine, botany, astronomy and zoology and scrutinized existing maps and journals of the region. He also asked his friend Clark to co-command the expedition. But for all intents and purposes, the two shared equal responsibility. From there, Clark took the boat up the Mississippi River while Lewis continued along on horseback to collect additional supplies.
Louis, Missouri. He chose unmarried, healthy men who were good hunters and knew survival skills. The expedition party included 45 souls including Lewis, Clark, 27 unmarried soldiers, a French-Indian interpreter, a contracted boat crew and a slave owned by Clark named York.
Charles, Missouri and headed upstream on the Missouri River in the keelboat and two smaller boats at a rate of about 15 miles per day.
Heat, swarms of insects and strong river currents made the trip arduous at best. To maintain discipline, Lewis and Clark ruled the Corps with an iron hand and doled out harsh punishments such as bareback lashing and hard labor for those who got out of line.
On August 20, year-old Corps member Sergeant Charles Floyd died of an abdominal infection, possibly from appendicitis. He was the only member of the Corps to die on their journey. Most of the land Lewis and Clark surveyed was already occupied by Native Americans.
Lewis and Clark developed a first contact protocol for meeting new tribes. They also told the Indians that America owned their land and offered military protection in exchange for peace. Others were wary of Lewis and Clark and their intentions and were openly hostile, though seldom violent.
But they were no match for the military might of the Corps, and soon moved on. In early November, the Corps came across villages of friendly Mandan and Minitari Indians near present-day Washburn, North Dakota , and decided to set up camp downriver for the winter along the banks of the Missouri River. The Corps spent the next five months at Fort Mandan hunting, forging and making canoes, ropes, leather clothing and moccasins while Clark prepared new maps.
They allowed his pregnant Shoshone Indian wife, Sacagawea , to join him on the expedition. Sacagawea had been kidnapped by Hidatsa Indians at age 12 and then sold to Charbonneau. On February 11, , Sacagawea gave birth to a son and named him Jean Baptiste.
She became an invaluable and respected asset for Lewis and Clark. On April 7, , Lewis and Clark sent some of their crew and their keelboat loaded with zoological and botanical samplings, maps, reports and letters back to St. Louis while they and the rest of the Corps headed for the Pacific.
The group next headed out of Lemhi Pass and crossed the Bitterroot Mountain Range using the harrowing Lolo Trail and the help of many horses and a handful of Shoshone guides.
This leg of the journey proved to be the most difficult. Many of the party suffered from frostbite, hunger, dehydration, bad weather, freezing temperatures and exhaustion. Still, despite the merciless terrain and conditions, not a single soul was lost. The Indians took in the weary travelers, fed them and helped them regain their health. As the Corps recovered, they built dugout canoes, then left their horses with the Nez Perce and braved the Clearwater River rapids to Snake River and then to the Columbia River.
Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6. Description: This page contains a description of the early parts of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Description: This page contains a description of the first conflicts in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Description: This page contains a description of the freezing winter at Fort Mandan.
Description: This page contains a description of the expedition's voyage across the Dakotas and their first encounter with a grizzly bear. Description: This page contains a description of the problems encountered with the crossing of the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
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