Meriwether Lewis who had been appointed to the rank of Captain, was designated as the expedition "scientist". Prior to the expedition, Lewis went to Philadelphia for intense training by physician Benjamin Rush, astronomer-surveyor Andrew Ellicott, botanist Benjamin Barton, anatomist Casper Wister, and mathematician Robert Patterson. For three months he was tutored in the spring of 1803.
Jefferson's instruction to Lewis were:
"Beginning at the mouth of the Missouri, you will take observations of latitude and longitude at all remarkable points on the river, & especially at the mouths of rivers, at rapids, at islands & other places & objects distinguished by such natural marks & characters of a durable kind, as that they may with certainty be recognized hereafter....The variations of the compass too, in different places should be noticed."
(considering the Native Americans) "...You will therefore endeavor to make yourself acquainted, as far as diligent pursuit of your journey shall admit with the names of the nations & their numbers, the extent & limits of their possessions; their relations with other tribes or nations; their language, traditions, monuments, their ordinary occupations in agriculture, fishing, hunting, war, arts & the implements for these, their food, clothing, & domestic accommodations, the diseases prevalent among them, & the remedies they use, moral and physical circumstance which distinguish them from the tribes they know, particularities in their laws, customs & dispositions, and articles of commerce they may need or furnish & to what extent."
"Other objects worthy of notice will be the soil & face of the country, it's growth & vegetable productions, especially those not of the US; the animals of the country generally & especially those not known in the US; the remains & accounts of any which may be deemed rare or extinct; the mineral productions of every kind, but more particularly metals, limestone, pit coal & saltpetre, salines & mineral waters, noting the temperature of the last & such circumstances as may indicate their character; volcanic appearances; climate as characterized by the thermometer, by the proportion of rainy, cloudy & clear days, by lightening, hail, snow, ice, by the access & recess of frost, by the winds, prevailing at different seasons & the dates at which particular plants put forth or lose their flower or leaf, times of appearance of particular birds, reptiles or insects."
A Native American. Okay, I know you want the answer of the Lewis and Clark expedition. They recorded their discovery of the land. They told the president about it.
Lewis found the lady slipper on the expedition of Lewis and clark after he slid downhill and brushed himself off...he thought it wuz a beutiful flower
Lewis and Clark
On July 6, 1805 Lewis encountered the expedition's first sighting of a swift fox. He writes this description:"There is a remarkable small fox which ascociate in large communities and burrow in the praries something like the small wolf but we have not as yet been able to obtain one of them; they are extreemly watchfull and take reffuge in their burrows which are very deep; we have seen them no where except near these falls."
Lewis and Clark is one example, while white explorers explored Montana, too.
Meriwether Lewis was in charge and William Clark came as his assistant. But the Lewis And Clark Expedition is still know as The Lewis And Clark Expedition.
Meriwether Lewis was the one who found the Lewis and Clark expedition journals.
The Lewis and Clark expedition consisted of 33 individuals. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were the leaders.
Meriwether Lewis was 29 years old when he started the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition : Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark .
Meriwether Lewis
The Lewis and Clark expedition was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They were both co-captains of the expedition, which aimed to explore and map the newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
At the very beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis was 29 years old and William Clark was 33.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
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.
Meriwether Lewis was 29 years old and William Clark was 33.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the epidition, but some say that Lewis was the main leader.