Did Lewis and Clark set out on their journey alone?

Answer 1

Certainly not, besides Meriwether Lewis and Capt. William Clark there was:

1.) Sergeant Charles Floyd

2.) Sergeant Patrick Gass

3.) Sergeant Nathanial Pryor

4.) Sergeant John Ordway

5.) Corporal Richard Warfington

6.) Private John Boley

7.) Private William Pratton

8.) Private John Collins

9.) Private John Colter

10.) Private Pierre Cruzatte

11.) Private John Dame

12.) Private Joseph Fields

13.) Private Reuben Fields (Joseph's brother)

14.) Private Robert Frazer

15.) Private George Gibson

16.) Private Silas Goodrich

17.) Private Hugh Hal

18.) Private Thomas Proctor Howard

19.) Private Francois Labiche

20.) Private Jean Baptiste LePage

21.) Private Hugh McNeal

22.) Private John Newman

23.) Private John Potts

24.) Private George Shannon

25.) Private John Shields

26.) Private John B. Thompson

27.) Private Howard Tunn

28.) Private Ebenezer Tuttle

29.) Private Peter M. Weiser

30.) Private William Werner

31.) Private Isaac White

32.) Private Joseph Whitehouse

33.) Private Alexander Hamilton Willard

34.) Private Richard Windsor

35.) George Drouillard

36.) York (Clark's slave)

37.) "Seaman" or "Scannon", Lewis' large black Newfoundland dog

Toussaint Charbonneau (Sacagawea's husband), Sacagawea, and Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau (Sacagawea's son) would join later.

Answer 2

No, Lewis and Clark led the Corps of Discovery, a group of 33 individuals, when they set out on their journey to explore the uncharted lands of the Louisiana Purchase.