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The Impacts Of Lewis And Clark Expedition

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Everyone knows of Lewis’ and Clark's adventure, but, have you ever stopped to think of the impact on Native Americans? In every story we normally hear from the winners perspective, while the other side's story gets shoved to the side. Meriweather Lewis was 27 when he became a personal secretary for Thomas Jefferson. Lewis recruited the help of William Clark due to Clark's abilities as a draftsman and frontiersman, which were even stronger than Lewis's. Lewis had a lot of respect for Clark so he made him a co-commanding captain of the Expedition, even though Clark was never recognized as such by the government. Lewis’ and Clark's expedition was one of the most significant expeditions in American history. There were several impacts of Lewis …show more content…

“Lewis and Clark traveled over 8,000 miles in less than 2 1/2 years, losing only one member of their party, at a total cost to the taxpayer of $40,000 (NPS, 2021).” Lewis and Clark’s team mapped uncharted land, rivers, and mountains. “They brought back journals filled with details about Native American tribes and scientific notes about plants and animals they’d never seen before. They also brought back stories—tales that made other Americans dream about heading west (National Geographics for kids, N.D).” They set up camp in Fort Mandan, near modern day Bismarck and made many relationships with the nearby tribes. Every time they came upon Native Americans, they would present a Jefferson Indian Peace Medal which was a coin with Thomas Jefferson engraved on one side and two holding hands beneath a tomahawk and peace pipe on the other. “This was a sign of friendship and the promise that the U.S. government would honor treaties. (Reich, J. Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal, …show more content…

“Last night it became cold and this morning we had snow; our hunters were sent out for buffaloe but the game had been frightened from the river by the Indians, so they obtained only one, also killed a hare and wolf (January 3, 1805 - Lewis's journal).” One buffaloe is nearly enough meet to feed the entire crew that Lewis had with him. So he had to act fast on how to get more game to provide for his crew. Winter is just around the corner and Lewis is going to need to start thinking of winter coats to keep them warm, and not to mention all the animals that will be moving on to better grazing

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The group is very low on supplies, Lewis and Clark use Sacagawea to negotiate trade between an Indian tribe led by her brother, for the supplies that they would need to continue. Additional help would come to them from the Nez Perce' tribe when the Corps of Discovery crossed the largest portion of the Rocky Mountains. When they reached the Pacific Ocean, looked south of the Columbia River to find a place to stay for the winter. There they built Fort Clatsop and waited out the winter. Traveling back, Lewis and Clark split the group into two, Lewis going on to explore the Marias River.

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Lewis and Clark had a profound impact on the historical development of the United States, expanding the nation's understanding of its geography, and shaping the country's connection with Native Americans. The Geography of the Louisiana Purchase led to the development of many things. After realizing that the Northwest Passage didn’t exist, they

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Thomas Jefferson, the American President wanted to explore and discover the hidden treasures in the large Western parts of America that were inhabited by the local Indian tribes for centuries. Jefferson then hired his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis to undertake the expedition, find new routes and discover the eco system in the region. He also wanted them to build better ties with the local tribes that would help foster trade. The expedition of Lewis and Clark faced many challenges, interacted with many new Native peoples and was an important milestone in American history. Lewis and Clark had many, many challenges.

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Through even more of the trip European influences, such as British guns and whiskey, were the common place which can also, partially, be attributed to the extensive trading among the nations, which meant that even if Europeans had not traded with a tribe that tribe could still have European products. These products were very much desired by the Indians and they needed white trading posts, so to be extremely hostile to the whites would not have helped them much. " Undaunted Courage" by Steven Ambrose is an excellent non-fiction adventure about the journey of Lewis and Clark. An excellent book that forces one to appreciate not just Lewis and Clark, but all Americans who took great risks to allow us to live as we do. In many standard books, it is said that Lewis death was an accident or a murder, while in "Undaunted Courage" his death has ruled a suicide.

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