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Meriwether Lewis and his father served as soldiers and couriers during this period in American history. Long before he set out on his famous exploration of the American West with William Clark, ...

Lewis, by then a captain in the Army, had planned the expedition while working in the White House as President Thomas Jefferson’s personal secretary. Though Clark was to be his cocaptain, an expected ...

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July 4, 1804—To mark our first Fourth west of the Mississippi, Lewis directed me to powder the keelboat's cannon so he could fire it. I would have liked to shoot it too, but that's OK. Lewis is so ...

BILLINGS -- Capt. Meriwether Lewis recorded in his specimen notes that the violet prairie clover he first observed somewhere in Nebraska or South Dakota had medicinal value. ''The Indians use it as an ...

Preface -- Mr. Jefferson needs a secretary -- The Clarks and the Lewises -- Lt. Clark fights Indians -- Lt. Clark and General Wayne -- Tipple tax war: the Whiskey Rebellion -- Mr. Jefferson and his ...