Were Lewis and Clark the parents of superman? In 1801, Meriwether Lewis left the army due to an invitation to serve as Thomas Jefferson’s secretary while Jefferson was in office. Lewis had known president Jefferson since he was a boy, “he had grown up on a plantation in virginia a few miles from Monticello, and they had went on to make a relationship working together in the White House.” When Jefferson conceived his grand expedition to the west during 1802, he immediately named the intellectual and gifted Meriwether Lewis as its commander. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark travelled by river and by land from st. Louis, Missouri, to the Oregon coast and back again. President Thomas …show more content…
Most historians believed he committed suicide while the other few believed he was murdered. Despite his tragic end, Lewis helped change the face of the United States by exploring uncharted territory which is now the American West. Lewis also advanced scientific knowledge through his careful work where numerous discoveries of previously unknown plants and animals were made. Serving as a frontier army officer in 1795, Meriwether Lewis was court-martialed for challenging a lieutenant to a duel during a dispute while drunk. The 21-year-old was found not guilty, but his superiors decided to transfer him to a different rifle company to avoid any incidents in the future. His new commander would be William Clark, the man who soon joined him on his journey to the west. Lewis respected Clark that he made him a Co- commanding captain of the expedition, even though Clark was never recognized as such by the government. Together they collected a diverse military Corps of discovery that would be able to undertake a two-year journey to the great ocean. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Lewis to lead an expedition to explore the newly bought territory in Louisiana in order to further trade. Jefferson also wanted information on the plant and animal life of the American west. This was the first …show more content…
Jonathan and Martha Kent found the infant inside of the starcraft and brought him to their farm in Smallville, Kansas. Because he had appeared entirely human, the Kents assumed that the baby was a victim of a cruel experiment. The Kents named the baby Clark Kent and raised him as their own son. As Clark Kent grew, his body began to develop superhuman abilities. When Clark was eighteen, his foster father had taken him to the field where the starcraft was hidden and explained how he and Martha Kent had found him. Learning this new information, Clark had chose to use his powers for the good of mankind only. After revealing his secret to a childhood friend, Clark left his hometown to study at Metropolis University. After, he and his foster parents established a secret identity he would adopt while using his abilities in public. They called him “superman.” The name was given to him by Lois Lane, a reporter for the metropolis daily planet who had been aboard the space-plane. Superman lives by the moral values given to him by his foster parents. He is devoted to achieving things the American way and continues to prove he is a superhero capable of courage and