Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

1. Meriwether Lewis & William Clark William Berendzen & Samuel Pike

2. Birthday • Lewis was born on August 18, 1774. • Clark was born on August 1, 1770

3. Place of Birth • Lewis was born in Albemarle country, Virginia. • Clark was born in Caroline country, Virginia.

4. Famous for… • Lewis and Clark were famous for discovering the west’s new animals, plants, and rivers. • They were famous Missourians for starting their voyage in St. Louis, a jumping off place for people traveling west. • They first sailed on the Missouri River. • They sailed by river and walked too. They even rode by horse back.

5. Also famous for… • Making maps of the west’s rivers and land.

6. The river… • A branch off the Columbia River is called the Clark Fork River. • It is 360 miles long. (580 Kilometers) • Four branches that are famous off of the river are the Blackfoot, Flathead, Bitterroot, and Thompson Rivers. • It also joins the Kutenai River in Montana. • It joins the Columbia River at the border of Washington. • It is named after William Clark!

7. Sacagawea • Sacagawea was a Shoshone Indian who was a guide for the Expedition. • She was captured by a tribe and made the wife of the chief. • On the trip they met the Shoshone Indians and she found her brother as a chief and hugged him to death. • She was the only person to have a kid on the voyage. She carried the kidon her back.

8. After they spilt up… • When they spilt up Lewis was the governor of the Louisiana territory. • Clark became an agent for Indian affairs and the governor of the Missouri territory. <- ->

9. Fun Facts… • Lewis and Jefferson were neighbors. • They discovered hundreds of animals, plants, a bunch of land, and rivers. • Lewis and Clark were born in the same month. • They traveled in keelboat, flatboat, canoes, and by horse back. They even walked some.

10. Death • Lewis died on October 11, 1809 by a gunshot. Killed by a robber or by his own hand. • Clark died in his St. Louis home sometime in 1838 of old age.