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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery, and named U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis its leader, who selected William Clark as his partner
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They left on May 14, 1804, and met up with Lewis in Saint Charles, Missouri. A short time later the corps followed the Missouri River westward
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On August 20, 1804, Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis
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On August 20, 1804, Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis
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