LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Message to Native Americans

In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson after purchasing Louisiana territory from France wants to explore the newly purchased territory. For this purpose, he chose his secretary Meriwether Lewis, who eventually chose William Clark to help him in exploring unexplored territory. Jefferson hoped that both would find the water route linking Pacific Ocean with the Mississippi River, giving access to ports markets out of the Gulf of Mexico. About Native Americans, he told Lewis to get information about their lifestyle, culture and the way of living, he told Lewis that “You will, therefore, ...