Meriwether Lewis Meriwether Lewis was a very prominent man in the expedition to the Pacific Ocean and there were reports that Lewis was very suicidal and tried to kill himself twice. He helped lead the expedition and made many discoveries on water routes, Native Americans, animals, and went through many hardships in the journey like facing a bear, or facing a dangerous storm, which could’ve made him suicidal. But he was the governor of Louisiana and was a very important figure to the United States, he also sent secret code that showed he was on bad terms with Wilkinson. While Lewis was heading to Madison, Lewis presumably killed himself, but evidence shows otherwise. This essay will show you how Lewis was murdered by conspiracy because of physical evidence with additional evidence to back up my claim, and a counter argument to those who believe Lewis committed suicide. …show more content…
The autopsy shows us that Lewis shot himself twice, once in the back of the head and once in the stomach. The autopsy says that the bullet went straight through Lewis’ head and broke most of the skull when it came through the skull. After this it would be impossible to survive a shot like that in any logical circumstance. Also, in the ballistics test in the video, it shows that when the gun was shot from a close distance it didn’t go straight through the skull and got logged inside, showing us that the bullet was shot from a far distance. The ballistic test shows that it takes a long time to reload a horse pistol, seeing that it takes a long time to reload shows us that he wouldn’t have had the time to survive the first shot, let alone reload it and shoot himself another time. This shows us that someone else killed Lewis and Neely was with Lewis when he died, and Neely works for an enemy of Lewis, Wilkinson, making murder by conspiracy