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**MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK** 

Together, my partner Matteus and I, studied the great expedition team of Lewis and Clark. I had the great explorer named Meriwether Lewis. President Jefferson sent him and William Clark out on a expedition across the territory known as the Louisiana Purchase. The purpose of this trip was to make an overland route all the way out to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis was born on August 18, 1774, almost three hundred years ago! They were a great team for only two. William Clark, was born in August 1,1770. He lived in Virginia until he moved to Kentucky. He fought in the war against the Indians. He was very successful in the war. He retired and went back home to Kentucky for a while to help his family, but in the spring of 1803, Meriwether Lewis, asked William Clark to join him in the expedition now known as “The Corps of Discovery” across the Louisiana Purchase as his commander. Clark took the offer and the expedition began in May 14, 1804.  They went west of the Mississippi River where they had many Native encounters. Most of the natives were friendly. They had one native called Sacajawea, who was married to a French fur trapper named Charbonneau. She helped Lewis and Clark with most of the expedition. Lewis and Clark kept a journal of the discoveries they made. They found many different kinds of animals such as the prairie dog. They also saw buffalo, elk, deer and antelope. They also saw many Native tribes. One tribe was called the Nez Perce. They were a native tribe that had never seen a white man before Lewis and Clark came along. They meant no harm to the Nez perce, but they had bad encounters with other tribes, when they went farther west to California.There was many natives that were with war with the white man so they were not that friendly so they chased them out of there. They made it all the way to California. It was a hard be to in California because not all of the natives liked the white men. That is why Lewis and Clark stayed in the corner of California up in the north where the state of Washington is. That is why they did not explore most of California It was getting close to winter, so Lewis and Clark headed back to the Mississippi River. They met a tribe, named the Sioux. They were going to up on a mountain but the Natives told them that it was too snowy. They did not listen and went up on the mountain where there was three feet of snow. So they went back down the mountain and stayed with the Sioux for the winter. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They came back to Louisiana in July 3 ,1806. After the expedition did not do much. He died in September 1st, 1838. Lewis lived to be a very successful leader. He died in 1809. They were a great team who helped Americans to understand what land we had. They played a very important role in history. We think that they were brave to go out in the unknown world of the Louisiana Purchase. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE END <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By, <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dominic and Matteus