1. Chapter 3: American Explorers

2. Louisiana Purchase Louisiana was named for the king of France
The Territory made up ¼ of the size of the U.S
The ruler of France at time of purchase by the United States was Napoleon
President for the U.S. at time of purchase was Thomas Jefferson

3. Louisiana Purchase con’t..
First commissioned expedition, which means approved, to explore the Louisiana Territory was led by Lewis and Clark
One reason to explore this new Territory was to establish boundaries
An explorer who made a discovery for his country was the “agent” of his government
The purchase cost $15 million

5. Expeditions into OK. Territory
1st expedition into OK. Territory was Pike and Wilkinson
Fort Smith was established during this period, and was center of settlement activities
Major Stephen A. Long named Fort Smith after leading expeditions to establish the fort.
1st official records of Oklahoma was kept by Wilkinson

6. Expeditions con’t Many expeditions were set to explore major rivers
The Pike expedition was captured by the Spaniards, but later let go. Their records were stolen
Wilkinson met some of the Five Civilized Tribes, and the occasional white man
Western tribes were not as hostile to the American explorers as they were to the foreign explorers

7. Great Salt Plains were described as “glistening fields of snow in the summer light” by explorers
Treaty of San Ildefonso was to have been a secret