Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byAlice Hunt Modified over 9 years ago
2
Meriwether Lewis
3
William Clark
4
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Doubles the size of the US Lewis was his personal secretary – TJ Trained him in botany and zoology – Gave the expedition its mission
5
Corps of Discovery 33 Members – Soldiers – Frontiersmen – Trappers – Traders – Sacagawea – Clark’s slave York – Lewis’s Newfoundland Dog Seaman
6
Harpers Ferry, WV Federal Arsenal – Guns – Knives – Axes – Hatchets – Supplies
7
New Sights The expedition was in awe of the immense herds of buffalo. "I had a view of... near 20,000 of those animals feeding on [the] plain," wrote William Clark It's colour is yellowish brown, the eyes small, black, and piercing...these bear being so hard to die reather intimedates us all..."— Meriwether Lewis
8
The Route, The Journey, The Vehicles!
9
Trading With the Native-Americans
10
New Coins (Contemporary)
11
Bibliography http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditio ns/activities/01/lewis_gallery_1.html http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark http://usmint.gov/
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.