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Explore resources & map the territory Image retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carte_Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition.png Objectives Explore resources & map the territory Find a good route across the country for trading with Native Americans Beat other European countries to the land! Emphasize the U.S.’s control over Native Americans
The Lewis and Clark Expedition Crew 30 U.S. Army volunteers Led by Meriwether Lewis (Jefferson’s aide) & William Clark (soldier) Image retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_Lewis_%26_Clark_at_Three_Forks.jpg Detail of the mural “Lewis & Clark at Three Forks” created in the 1910s
Native Americans in the West By the 1800s, the population had shrunk to only a few hundred thousand (mostly due to diseases brought by Europeans) Lewis & Clark encountered (met) almost 50 tribes on their expedition. Some tribes had seen Europeans before Lewis & Clark and had traded with them. Horses had been introduced to Native Americans by European traders. Before Lewis & Clark, many Native Americans had never seen people with white or black skin. Top left image retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002722471/ Top right image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Catlin_mandan_village.jpg Bottom left image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Six_Blackfeet_Chiefs_-_Paul_Kane.jpg Bottom right image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shoshoni_tipis.jpg Clockwise from top left: Wishrams in a canoe on the Columbia River in 1910| Painting of a Mandan village from 1833| 1858 painting of Blackfoot chiefs| A Shoshone camp in 1870