Who led the 1st expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States?
Correct answer: Meriwether Lewis
XenaWarriorArchivist
Lewis, Clark, AND Sacagawea
Chezikeets
Sacagawea also brought her baby with her.
BabiKat
she is a great role model even today 😊
javaturtle
Clark should also had been mentioned in this question.
Player #545659
Chezikeets, Sacagawea was born in what is now Salmon, Idaho in Lemhi county.
Deadpool X Force
Chezikeets, she was pregnant while she was traveling and gave birth during the trip
GolfnBill
True heroes.
Player #10628065
Lewis had a large dog, which a native American tribe wanted to trade for it, but Lewis declined. Later his dog saved the exploration party, when a grizzly wandered into their camp at night.
Player #1660146
Jefferson also sent Lt. Z. Pike to explore the Arkansas River basin.
seaystock13
Nice info...
Giggle Pig
Player #92723922, she didn’t ask, She simply lit her life the best she could, doing whatever was asked of her. They had to get land to the white man, because white men don’t lift a single 2 ounce stick without getting paid for it or expecting to be paid for it. (I am white by the way)
Giggle Pig
javaturtle, he was.
joe
what is immeniously
MJ
Blondemom, that sounds really interesting and fun
bet
I knew this
Artie
Every grammar school students learns about the great two year exploration of most of our country west of the Mississippi
Jubaal
XenaWarriorArchivist, I notice they didn’t give HER any LAND!!!!!
Blondemom
Barbara, Sacajawea was married to Toussaint Charbonnea, the French Canadian fur trapper that Lewis hired as an interpreter & cook.
Blondemom
Player #10628065, The "large dog" was a Newfoundland named Seaman. I live in the PNW and while at the Lewis & Clark Discovery center at Cape Disappointment I bought a children's book called 'Seaman's Journal' by Patricia Reeder Eubank that tells the story of the expedition from his point of view. It's very cute & actually educational.
murph
Uninitialized, York a black man was denied land
Player #92723922
Lewis and Clark never could have done it without Sacagawea. They got land. She (and her people) got zip.
Charlie
starlee2016, Outside Astoria, OR you can visit the reconstructed fort Clatsop where the expedition spent a cold wet Pacific Northwest winter. As soon as spring came they were motivated to return ASAP.
Eddi
seaystock13, According to handed down LAKOTA Sioux History.
we did NOT now nor have we EVER gave any white man permission to sell OUR LAND. AND WE NEVER TO THIS DAY RECIEVED A "RED CENT" FOR IT EITHER.
Paul
XenaWarriorArchivist, I don't know why she's regarded as a great scout and tracker? She was no tracker and had no idea either where they were going. Her greatest asset was she knew somewhat the dialects of the tribes they would encounter with less knowledge the farther west they went🤷🏼♂️🤓😎✌🏻
lashtx
Player #9113399, his ancestors not descendants. Those come after...ancestors come before.
lashtx
Barbara, I can't remember his name. he was an awful man, a French Canadian fur trapper who traded with her people and was married to her for political reasons.
Player #82003701
Sacajawea was very old when she died.
Wendy
I am related to William Clark on my mother's side.
Player #27316861
Thanks to all for added info such a great read!
Ainelynn
A great read is their story told from original diaries
Daddo
Question is unclear. Needs to be rephrased
Player #26129643
Good except for the typos and..."immeniously"?
Player #18467736
javaturtle, it says who led the expedition. As the Captain Lewis was the leader.
Guillermo
passed through Shelbyville Kentucky
Uninitialized
yes, of course it had to be a woman! Native American and it wouldn't be until 1964 that Native Americans could vote.
WhoopsWatson
Wonderful!
Very informative.
Thx!
Player #19472386
A most amazing time in our history that brought criticism to President Jefferson for the fabulous purchase that is celebrated now as a very smart move for such a cheap price.
Debinski
Immeniously? is thst a word?
Player #stilllearnin
William Clark is buried in Bellefontaine cemetery in St. Louis. He has a wide and tall monument there. My great great grandfather was a-live-on-the-grounds superintendent of the cemetery in the latter 1800s and his daughter, my great grandmother, learned to roller skate on the base around the monument!
Player #12022816
XenaWarriorArchivist, ty