How Did Meriwether Lewis And William Clark's Mission?
In May of 1804 President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to go on a fact finding mission. They explored they started exploring at St. Louis and traveled the the Pacific Ocean. Tagged along with the Corps of Discovery, which included 59 men that were paid and chosen by Meriwether Lewis. One of the reasons why we took the long journey was to find a water route across North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean (Northwest passage). Another reason we went on the trip was to establish good relationships with the Native Americans and tell them that the territory now belonged to the United States. A third and final reason we went on the mission was to collect information about the plants, animals, and the
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When we saw them for the first time we nearly reached the mouth of the Kansas river. There were a large herd of about 500 Bison on September 9th above the Niobrara river. We saw them as shaggy bovine. On of the plants we encountered with was a monkey flower. The flower was purplish-reddish flower. They found the flower on “head springs of the Missouri River at the foot portage hill. The monkey flower was about 3 ½ tall and it was found along mountain stream sides. A landscape they encountered with was the tower rock. The tower rock was a large rock 400 feet high. The rock was marked “gateway to unknown landscapes”. On the landscapes there are beards of buffalo in the plains below. The tower rock was located on the west side of the Missouri …show more content…
The positive character traits of Lewis were that he was a competent practical doctor, he had served as president Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary and he was an adept woodsman and a skilled hunter. He was also in the army, was very smart, Helped journal the animals, plants, and landscapes. The skills that William Clark brought to the expedition was that he was tough, resourceful, was a diplomat, territorial, official and co-worker and He was very brave. In 1792 he joined the regular army as a lieutenant, his commission was signed by president George Washington. Clark was a cartographer and very skilled boatsman, he was a consistent journalist, and a leveler head. Clark was in the army as a lieutenant his commission was signed by president George
When we saw them for the first time we nearly reached the mouth of the Kansas river. There were a large herd of about 500 Bison on September 9th above the Niobrara river. We saw them as shaggy bovine. On of the plants we encountered with was a monkey flower. The flower was purplish-reddish flower. They found the flower on “head springs of the Missouri River at the foot portage hill. The monkey flower was about 3 ½ tall and it was found along mountain stream sides. A landscape they encountered with was the tower rock. The tower rock was a large rock 400 feet high. The rock was marked “gateway to unknown landscapes”. On the landscapes there are beards of buffalo in the plains below. The tower rock was located on the west side of the Missouri …show more content…
The positive character traits of Lewis were that he was a competent practical doctor, he had served as president Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary and he was an adept woodsman and a skilled hunter. He was also in the army, was very smart, Helped journal the animals, plants, and landscapes. The skills that William Clark brought to the expedition was that he was tough, resourceful, was a diplomat, territorial, official and co-worker and He was very brave. In 1792 he joined the regular army as a lieutenant, his commission was signed by president George Washington. Clark was a cartographer and very skilled boatsman, he was a consistent journalist, and a leveler head. Clark was in the army as a lieutenant his commission was signed by president George