Meriwether Lewis

William Clark

Thomas Jefferson, President of the

United States

Louisiana Purchase 1803– Doubles the size of the US

Lewis was his personal secretary– TJ Trained him in botany

and zoology– Gave the expedition its

mission

Corps of Discover

y 33 Members

– Soldiers– Frontiersmen– Trappers– Traders– Sacagawea– Clark’s slave

• York

– Lewis’s Newfoundland Dog

• Seaman

Harpers Ferry, WV

Federal Arsenal– Guns– Knives– Axes– Hatchets– Supplies

New Sights

The expedition was in awe of the immense

herds of buffalo. "I had a view of . . . near 20,000 of those

animals feeding on [the] plain," wrote

William Clark

It's colour is yellowish brown, the eyes small, black, and piercing...these bear being so hard to die reather intimedates us all..."—Meriwether Lewis

The Route, The Journey, The Vehicles!

Trading With the Native-Americans

New Coins (Contemporary)

Bibliography

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/01/lewis_gallery_1.html

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark

http://usmint.gov/