CHAPTER XIV.
Captain Lewis proceeds before
the main body in search of the Shoshonees;
his ill success on the first interview.
The party with captain Lewis at length discover
the source of the Mi...
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Explorer and U.S. Army officer, Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) has been saluted as America's foremost explorer. The Lewis and Clark expedition is often called America's national epic of exploration.Meri...
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In 1803 the United States doubled in size as the result of the Louisiana Purchase. A year later the dominant movement in American society of the nineteenth century, westward expansion, originated with...
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[The following essay discusses Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.]Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the first American scientific expedition that the United States government sponsored, the firs...
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