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mother taught him how to gather wild herbs for the United States Army. Afterward, he
medicinal purposes. served in a militia and as governor of
the Missouri Territory. From 1822 until his
In 1793, Lewis graduated from Liberty Hall
death in 1838, he served
(now Washington and Lee University). That year
as Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
he joined the Virginia militia, and in 1794 he was
sent as part of a detachment involved in putting Clark did not have any formal education;
down the Whiskey Rebellion. Among his like many of his contemporaries, he was
commanding officers was William Clark, who tutored at home. The spelling of American
would later become his companion in the Corps English was not standardized in Clark's
of Discovery. youth, but his vocabulary suggests he was
well read.
On April 1, 1801, Lewis was appointed as
Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of
Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the
United States. It began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made its way westward, and passed
through the Continental Divide of the Americas to reach the Pacific coast. The Corps of
Discovery was a selected group of US Army volunteers under the command of
Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark.

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President Thomas Jefferson (8 cousin, 5 times removed) commissioned the expedition shortly
after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find
a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an American
presence in this territory before Britain and other European powers tried to claim it. The
campaign's secondary objectives were scientific and economic: to study the area's plants,
animal life, and geography, and to establish trade with local American Indian tribes. The
expedition returned to St. Louis to report its findings to Jefferson, with maps, sketches, and
journals in hand.

References:
1. Relative Finder, associated with
FamilySearch, and the Church of Latter Day
Saints (LDS)
2. Wikipedia.org
3. Learn more – Lewis & Clark Documentary
4. LDS Family Trees attached

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