Lewis And Clark The United States - 1569 Words

Lewis and Clark Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore a land that nobody has ever explored before? This is exactly what Lewis and Clark did when the United States purchased a very large amount of land in The Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was one of most important expeditions at that time. We will be going over three main points. The preparation of the journey, the journey itself, and the aftermath of the journey will be the main point of this paper.. Although the journey was hard, they succeeded. Lewis and Clark were to very important people at the time. William Clark, an army captain, had served with Meriwether Lewis in Ohio. At the the time Lewis was President Thomas Jefferson’s secretary. The journey†¦show more content†¦He also bought things to trade with native americans along the way. In order to have an expedition, Lewis and Clark need men. They recruited a total of 33 people. This does not include Sacagawea and Charbonneau. The oldest was 47 and the youngest was only 17 years of age. Along with getting men and supplies, the two leaders needed to gain one very important thing. Scientific skills were needed because these men knew nothing about what would happen or what they were getting into. Lewis and Clark had to go to a science academy in order to gain the knowledge they needed to go on with the journey. Now that everything was ready. They set off on their exciting, yet nerve racking journey. The men set off on a k eel boat going up the Mississippi River. This was very challenging because at the time, the river was shallow and the keel boat was to big. The boat had to be pushed upstream. They men would only cover fifteen to twenty miles a day, twenty five on a good day. At first the men saw no signs of native americans anywhere. Little did they know, they would meet a total of fifty native american tribes. The men would travel without seeing a single indian in sight. To keep safe in case of hostile natives, th Corps set up camp on islands in the river and posted guards at night. On August 2, the Oto and Missouri indians came to the Corps’ camp. The meeting went