Lewis and Clark Expedition

Who is Meriwether Lewis?

• He was President Thomas Jefferson's Secret Secretary
• He was born on August 18, 1774
• He died on October 11, 1809 of  gunshot wounds
• He was a part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• He was a friend to William Clark

Who is William Clark

• He was a friend to Meriwether Lewis
• He was the 4th governor of the Missouri Territory 
• He was born of August 1, 1770
• He died on September 1, 1838
• He was also in the Lewis and Clark Expedition

What is The Lewis and clark Expedition?

• It is also called the Corps of  Discovery
• It helped America by exploring the Loiusiana Purchase
• It started from May 1804 and ended on September 1806
• They also were finding the Northwest Passage, but it didn't exsist
• There were 2 captains, 4 sergeants, 24 privates, 8 non-military, and 1 dog

What did they see?

• They saw at least 72 Indian tribes
• They saw about 200 new plants that were new to science
• They saw the Rocky Mountains and were surprised

The Members of the Expedition
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Captains: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark. Sergeants: Charles Floyd, Patrick Gass, John Ordway, Nathaniel Pryor, Privates: William Bratton, John Collins, John Colter, Pierre Cruzatte, Joseph Field, Reuben Field, Robert Frazer, George Gibson, Silas Goodrich, Hugh Hall, Thomas Proctor Howard, Francois LaBiche, Jean Baptiste LePage, Hugh McNeal, John Potts, George Shannon, John Shields, John B. Thompson, Peter M. Weiser, William Werner, Joseph Whitehouse, Alexander Hamilton, Willard, Richard Windsor. Non-Military Members: Toussaint Charbonneau, Sacagawea, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Baptiste Deschamps, Pierre Dorion, George Drouillard, York. Non-Human Members: Seaman.