2. The Louisiana Purchase

3. Thomas Jefferson
GOALS
 All-water route from the
Northwest
 Wean Indian tribes from
British/French dependence
 Discover what had been
purchased

4. Meriwether Lewis
 Jefferson appointed Lewis to
lead expedition
 Responsibilities included
documenting new species
 “…with all these qualifications as if
selected and implanted by nature in
one body, for this express purpose, I
could have no hesitation in confiding
the enterprise to him.”- Jefferson

5. William Clark
 Born in Virginia-1770
 William Clark served
with Lewis in 1795
 He had a passion for
Indian relations

6. The Expedition
 Main Goals- Waterway, improve
Charles Marion Russell
Indian relations
 “Corps of Discovery”
 Departed in 1804

8. Natives
 Natives supplied food, military
protection, and valuable
information
 Would meet over 50 tribes
 There was a meeting ceremony
the men would conduct
 Greatest help came from Indians

9. Sacagawea
 Shoshone
guide/interpreter
 Touissant Charbonneau-
husband
 Proved to be valuable in
Shoshone trade