What is Lewis and Clark Expedition?
[[File:Carte Lewis-Clark Expedition-en.png|thumb|right|300px|The route of the expedition]] The '''Lewis and Clark Expedition''' was an [[expedition]] by [[Meriwether Lewis]] (1774–1809) and [[William Clark]] (1770–1838), two men chosen by United States President [[Thomas Jefferson]] to explore the [[Louisiana Purchase]] territory, which the country had just bought from [[France]]. (This land was made up of much of what is now the Central and Western United States). They left [[St. Louis, Missouri|Saint Louis]] in 1804, leading a group of 33 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html |title=Lewis and Clark . Inside the Corps . The Corps |work=pbs.org |accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref> The group reached the Pacific in 1806, viewing much of the West on the way and writing down what they saw. Along the way, the group was joined by a [[Shoshone]] [[Native American]] woman named [[Sacagawea]], helped guide and translate for them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathcs.bethel.edu/~gossett/DiscreteMathWithProof/sacajawea/sacajawea.html |title=Sacagawea |work=mathcs.bethel.edu |accessdate=February 4, 2011 |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712034138/http://www.mathcs.bethel.edu/~gossett/DiscreteMathWithProof/sacajawea/sacajawea.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> After their exploration, Lewis became Governor of Louisiana Territory, and Clark became Governor of Missouri Territory.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.nps.gov/lecl/historyculture/meriwether-lewis.htm |title=Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail - Meriwether Lewis (U.S. National Park Service) |work=nps.gov |accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref> The only person that died on the trip was Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr. He died on August 20, 1804 from [[Dysentery]]. It was a very good expedition for the United States of America. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1804 in the United States]] [[Category:1805 in the United States]] [[Category:1806]]