LEWIS+AND+CLARK+EXPEDITION

=LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION author Katelyn D.=

When Thomas Jefferson sent Merlwether Lewis and William Clark on an expedition in May of 1804 the goal was to find the source of the Missouri River, cross the Continental divide and follow the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.

Merlwether Lewis was an officer Thomas Jefferson assigned him the job of being the leader of the 3700 mile trip. William Clark was Jefferson's old friend his job was to oversee the volunteer force.

On the Expedition Lewis and Clark befriended Indians including Sacagewa who was a good guide she helped Lewis and Clark by when they ran into other Indian tribes because it stopped war and fights between the man and the natives.

The expedition ended in 1806.