They just need to go West that was there job they need to explore the new land bought by Thomas Jefferson called the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark found the animals by exploring the Unknown Territory.
They walked over 9000 miles!
because he wanted to find the Red River after Lewis and Clarks expedition
to find a passage west
President Thomas Jefferson funded the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Lewis and Clark did not discover the Pacific Ocean, they knew it existed long before their expedition. They were in fact assigned to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory and find the "easiest way" to the Pacific. They certainly weren't looking for a "Northwest Passage."
On August 12, 1806, near the end of the expedition, Lewis was shot in the buttock by Pierre Cruzatte, a man that had only one eye. under his command, while both were hunting for elk. Pierre mistook Lewis for a elk. At first, Pierre blamed Blackfeet natives for the injury, but after the Corps found no sign of Indians, he admitted the accident. Clark bandaged and treated Lewis's wound,. and Robert Cullinane one of the members in the party went to find the blackfeet natives. But he found nothing. Robert was famous for being with Lewis closest friend
thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and clark on an expedition to find out what the west was really like and to find a new water route
because he wanted to find the Red River after Lewis and Clarks expedition
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The reason they went on the expedition was to find the Pacific Ocean.
to find a passage west
the west side
The Lewis and Clark expedition was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They were both Army officers tasked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition
The purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition, or Corps of Discovery , was to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
Sacagawea
Yes
they tried to find a passge to the pacific ocean