Compare And Contrast Lewis And Clark

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Lewis and Clark’s expedition through the western part of America started in 1803 and vended in 1806. President Jefferson sent Lewis, Clark and U.S. army volunteers to explore the western part of America after it bought from France. During the expedition Lewis and Clark went through many difficult and fun times. They met with many different tribes and discovered things within the tribes the have never seen before. They also seen place they have never seen before, but wanted to. A long the expedition they also faced many hardships such as plagues, other diseases, dangerous animals, dangerous weather/ storms and etc. After the great expedition Lewis was named governor of the Louisiana territory by President Jefferson. About three years later Lewis …show more content…

Mrs. Grinder, the only witness there at the time of his death says in her statement that she herself found him crawling on the floor yelling water. These two pieces of evidence prove that multiple people were involved, his servants and Mrs. Grinder. Since physical evidence prove he was found in his bed, Mrs. Grinders’ statements are not factual. Mrs. Grinder statements are also proven to be not factual because prior to her latest statement she had two statements. All three of her statements had different accounts of what happened. The physical evidence also shows both of the horse pistols that were used. The pistols were on the sides of his body, but that was not where the bullet wounds were in his body. The bullets were found in his skull and his upper stomach. If he was to shoot himself the gun would land on his stomach and behind his head. This evidence proves he was murdered because he would not be able to shoot himself in those places where the bullets were and the guns land on his side. Also if he was to shoot himself in his head or stomach in would only take one shot that would be …show more content…

history channel Lewis’ body was dug up from the grave and examined his body. He was trying to determine if he committed suicide or was murdered, according to the doctor Lewis died at the hands of an assassin. This proves he was Murdered. General Wilkinson was knew for assassinating people and Mr. Grinder ran into a lot of money right after Lewis died. This proves that he was murdered because according to the New York times it is only a 20% chance of misdiagnose. At the time he was the number one hero in America and no one from the government came to site to investigate, this makes it seem people from the government were involved. According to the Decoded video Lewis was carrying secret presidential codes on his trip to Washington. These two things make him a big target. According to Brad Meltzer from Decoded he says that some of the codes have been solved. These codes talked about who they could trust. James Neely being one they could not

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