Lewis and Clark

When I purchased the Louisiana Territory nobody knew what the US was buying. We had no clue what the land was like. We didn't know where the Native Americans where. I knew I needed to send people out on a journey westward to find out what this new place was like. There came another problem who to send and how to send them. We decided to send two explorers and a crew for them to set out westward to map the area and find new species. The two explorers were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. I decided on these two for many reasons. The main reasons why I picked Meriwether Lewis was because he was a good leader in the US Military and because he had done a lot with new places when he was in the Military. I picked William Clark because he was also an experienced leader and because he was an extraordinaire at map making. They started their historic journey on May 14, 1804. It ended up successful and it turned out to be one of my best decisions I ever made.
-Benjamin Padden

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