Merriweather Lewis Suicide Essay

Merriweather Lewis was an esteemed explorer who was known as the person who explored one half of America but, died because of suicide. In his case there were many things to be suspicious of to the point where you can speculate that it wasn’t even suicide, but because of murder by conspiracy. During the research about Merriweather Lewis’s death there was many things that lead to a murder like suspicious wounds and the many enemies that Merriweather had.

Before the time of his death Lewis was on his way to Washington to clear his debts with James Neely. However before going to Washington Lewis stopped at Grinder stone saying it was too dangerous. In the report about Lewis’s “suicide” it was said he had a deranged mind and was acting strange.

If he knew what was coming then it is possible that he wanted to keep himself safe. However in the video it was predicted that he had secret presidential codes and that is why many people would’ve tried to kill him to try and steal it. However this was not the only problem because in the autopsy the doctor saw the body and said he had 2 shots, one in the back of the head and the upper torso with a horse pistol. But this is a problem because a horse pistol known to be able to kill a horse with just one shot meaning if one shot is fatal to a horse then one shot is fatal to humans. If a human was ever shot with a horse pistol one shot would be enough to kill him/her making it impossible to say that Lewis shot himself twice. He also couldn’t have shot himself twice because in order to do so you would need to reload the gun, and since one shot is an instantaneous death then there would be no way you could shout yourself twice. In a confession made by the witness who was there on the day Lewis was

The moment he got to Washington he was announced to be the governor for the new territory by the president. Though this a good thing for him the man he replaced was of course mad because this decision was made without him and his name was General Wilkinson. In the video we saw that the president never really trusted Wilkinson and he was also an enemy of Lewis. Another enemy is also Arron bur sir, the ex-vice president and a political enemy of Lewis. When Lewis was still alive he had a list on un-trustable companions that he would give to the president in code. In the scene of Lewis’s death it was predicted that he was carrying secret codes that should’ve been sent to the president. If this is correct then it is possible that it was about his political enemies and so his enemies heard and wanted him dead. If all his enemies were to work together and help each other kill Lewis they would be able to do so while covering it up as if it was a suicide. Evidence of a cover-up was found in a letter to the president from James Neely, the letter was about how Lewis had a deranged mind but it was found years later that the letter was actually a forgery. Also despite the fact Lewis was famous there wasn’t a huge fuss about his death. If his enemies worked together to kill him and to cover it up so well that even the president would fall for it then they were a force to be reckoned with.