Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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Article abstract: Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first party of white men to cross the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast within the geographical limits of the present United States. After serving as coleader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Clark was for three decades one of the most important administrators of Indian affairs in the nation’s history.
Early Lives
Meriwether Lewis was born August 18, 1774, on a plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia. Meriwether’s father was William Lewis, who married Lucy...
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