tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15930742990416289252012-02-15T23:59:54.007-08:00wright.woodrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579171393644340923noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593074299041628925.post-8124991330275921112009-11-18T07:41:00.000-08:002009-11-18T07:53:53.901-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zckHK6ByaM4/SwQYiZ855AI/AAAAAAAAAAU/R2DyLjc9Tqw/s1600/meriwether-lewis-square_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405472432112395266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zckHK6ByaM4/SwQYiZ855AI/AAAAAAAAAAU/R2DyLjc9Tqw/s320/meriwether-lewis-square_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Was an American explorer. With William Clark, he led the famous Lewis and Clark expedition, which explored the Louisiana Territory and the Oregon region from 1804 to 1806.<br />In 1801, Lewis, a captain in the United States Army, became private secretary to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Under Jefferson's direction, Lewis made plans to explore a route west to the Pacific coast of North America. Lewis invited Clark to join the expedition, and the two men privately agreed to lead it jointly. Lewis served as the party’s naturalist and, on the expedition, collected plant, animal, and mineral specimens.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar321380&amp;st=lewis+and+clark">LINK</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1593074299041628925-812499133027592111?l=dearius1800s.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>wright.woodrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579171393644340923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593074299041628925.post-44417749322278292042009-11-18T07:12:00.000-08:002009-11-18T07:32:30.308-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zckHK6ByaM4/SwQTh-eQjAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rl4aqGIYRVQ/s1600/lewis_clark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405466927177960450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zckHK6ByaM4/SwQTh-eQjAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rl4aqGIYRVQ/s320/lewis_clark.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a name="h5"></a>Up the Missouri. On May 14, 1804, the expedition set out from Camp Dubois in the keelboat and two canoes. The group numbered about 50 men. Many were French boatmen temporarily hired to move the heavy keelboat and other craft against the Missouri’s swift current. The men moved the keelboat by pushing poles against the river bottom or by pulling the boat with ropes from shore.<br />The keelboat carried a large amount of supplies, including food, medicine, scientific instruments, and weapons. Lewis and Clark also took many presents for the Indians they expected to meet. These gifts included brass kettles, brightly colored cloth, colored beads, ivory combs, knives, pipes, pocket mirrors, scissors, sewing needles and thread, silk ribbons, and tobacco.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar321480&amp;st=lewis+and+clark+food">link</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1593074299041628925-4441774932227829204?l=dearius1800s.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>wright.woodrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579171393644340923noreply@blogger.com0