2. British North America
Jefferson buys this land from Napoleon in1803 for 15 million dollars

4. Meriwether Lewis &William Clark
2nd in Command
Ex-Army officer/ mapmaker geographer and nature artist Excelled at hunting, fishing, trapping, tracking, camping, river and land navigation.
Expedition Leader
Army Captain / naturalist
studied medicine, botany, zoology, and navigation.

5. Goals of the Expedition
Scientific – Study plants, animals, geography
Mapmaking – Chart the new American lands
Geographical – Find the Source of the Missouri River? Determine if there is a river route to the Pacific Ocean?
Economic – What new resources does the Louisiana Territory have that will help America?
Ambassadors to Indian Tribes – Bring messages of friendship – “Peace Medals”

6. JEFFERSON PEACE MEDAL

7. The Corps of Discovery
Along with Lewis and Clark went:
Twenty-one soldiers,
eighteen river men,
an interpreter,
Clark’s slave York
Newfoundland dog
Fall of 1803 / Winter of 1804
camp was established near St. Louis, Missouri.
Training and final preparations were made for the departure in May.
On May 14, 1804, the Expedition starts up the Missouri River with three boats and 43 men

8. Leg I – Up the Missouri River

9. National Geographic Video
As you are watching the Video, please complete the worksheet that highlights their incredible journey and its incredible accomplishments

10. Headed Upstream: A Grueling Start
The Corps of Discovery headed upstream along the Missouri River.
Because they were traveling against the current, the men had to pole, row or drag the boats with ropes while on the riverbank.

11. Spring 1804
Lewis and Clark met many Indian tribes along the way including the famous Lakota, or Teton Indians in central South Dakota

12. WINTER 1804 /1805
Lewis and Clark spend the winter of 1804 in a Mandan Indian village in what is now North Dakota
They hire a French trapper to be their guide through the Indian lands
Sacagawea, the guide’s wife and a Shoshone Indian woman from the Rockies joins the expedition

13. Sacagawea and her infant son Pompey Accompany Lewis and Clark on
their journey through the Rockies and
to the Pacific

14. the rest go onward to the Pacific
Spring 1805: Some go back,
the rest go onward to the Pacific
12 men packed the keelboat and a canoe with specimens, maps and notes for President Jefferson, and headed back home in April to deliver these important discoveries.
The remaining crew continued west upriver on the Missouri in two pirogues and six dugout canoes.

15. Summer 1805: Shoshone Indians, Rocky Mountains, and the Continental Divide
The Corps meets with the SHOSONE Indians , who are familiar with the Rockies
Sacagawea is reunited with her brother, the Chief of the tribe
The explorers buy horses and the expedition takes 11 days to cross the
Rocky Mountains

17. Fall 1805: The Home Stretch
Dugout
Canoes
Once they cross the Rockies, Lewis and Clark meet the Nez Perce Indians who teach the explorers how to make Canoes from logs that will speed down the Snake and Columbia Rivers toward the Pacific Ocean

18. November 1805: The Pacific Ocean!
The expedition emerges on the bluffs of modern day Oregon and completes the most impressive journey of all time

19. Spring and Summer 1806: The Journey Home
The expedition begins a 6 month journey back to St. Louis from the Oregon Territory
Lewis and Clark split up and explore the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers
In July, they meet a few hostile Indians and kill two – the only loss of life inflicted by the expedition
They reunite and return to St. Louis as Heroes in September of 1806

20. The Legacy of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Strategic and Scientific contributions to the United States

21. Strategic National Outcomes
Sets the stage for westward expansion and future western settlement
Sets the stage for Future Military presence in the west
Expands American trade in furs and lumber
Contact made with many unknown Indian Tribes
Trade networks and Future Allies, as well as future enimies

22. Science and Nature
Outcomes
Accurate Maps
New Plants
New Animals