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Date Posted: 21:07:50 09/30/02 Mon
Author: *MaLlOrY*
Subject: Ch. 7 - Lewis and Clark explore the West

Lewis and Clark Explore the West
A. 1803 – Jefferson helped plan an expedition to cross the continent to the Pacific Ocean
1. Purpose:
a. gather geographical facts
b. investigate prospects for trade with the Indians
2. Leaders
a. Meriwether Lewis
i. Jefferson’s private secretary
ii. 32 years old
iii. skilled in the ways of wilderness
b. William Clark
i. 28 years old
ii. experienced frontiersman & Indian fighter
3. 1804 – Lewis & Clark started up the Missouri River with 4 dozen men
a. Sacajawea – Shoshone woman – was their guide
b. eventually they crossed the rocky Mountains, descended the Snake & Columbia Rivers
c. In autumn of 1805 – they camped on the Pacific Coast
d. September of 1806 – they arrived back in St. Louis with records of geography & Indian life
B. During Lewis & Clark’s expedition, Jefferson sent other explorers to different parts of the Louisiana Territory
1. Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike
a. 1805 – Pike led expedition from St. Louis to upper Mississippi Valley
b. 1806 – he set out up the Arkansas River
i. here he attempted, but failed, to climb the peak that is now named after him
c. he led people to believe that the land between the Missouri River and The Rockies was uncultivable
i. he was wrong

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