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Meriwhether Lewis was the official leader.
William Clark was from Caroline County, Virginia, and Meriwhether Lewis was born in in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. wow!
Meriwhether Lewis died on October 10, 1809.William Clark died on September 1, 1838.
Meriwhether Lewis and William Clark. Mostly referred to as Lewis and Clark
Meriwhether Lewis was the captain or leader of the Lewis and clark expedition. Willian clark WA the co-leader but he then retired. He was also known for his position in the corps of discovery.
First of all, it was Meriwhether Lewis who was assigned to explore the West. Clark would offer to join up with the Discovery Corp weeks after Meriwether Lewis started his journey. And it was President Thomas Jefferson who assigned Lewis.
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First of all, it was Meriwhether Lewis who was assigned to explore the West. Clark would offer to join up with the Discovery Corps weeks after Meriwether Lewis started his journey in Pittsburgh (yes, that's right, Pittsburgh, not St. Louis. Check out the related link to the Lewis and Clark Journals for that TRUE fact) And Lewis began his journey in 1803.
Meriwhether Lewis, the leader of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition, shot himself on October 11,1809, while traveling from St. Louis to Washington DC. He was 35 years old.He was suffering from alcoholism and depression and had many problems. He stopped for the night at a tavern and was reported to be acting strangely. During the night, the tavern owner's wife heard gunshots and perhaps cries for help. In the morning he was found still alive, but he died soon after. His family claimed he had been murdered, but everyone else accepted that it was a suicide.
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Meriwether Lewis studied botany, fossils, astronamy and mathmatics