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The 3rd U.S president, Thomas Jefferson
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The news about the Louisana Purchase was officially announced, so Merryweather Lewis can now start his expedition towards the West.
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Lewis and Clark both attended ceremonies at St. Louis to show and transfer the Louisana State to the U.S.
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The Corps of Discovery left Camp Wood and they started heading towards the Missouri River.
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The Corps were celebrating Independace Day in the west of the Mississippi River.
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Sergeant Charles Floyd died because of natural causes near Iowa. He was the only person who died among the Corps of Discovery during the Expedition to the West.
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The Corps of Discovery were now in the Great Plains and they saw unknown animals that were in the Eastern United States.
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The Corps arrive at the villages of Mandan and Hidatsa. They are buffalo-hunting tribes and they live along the Missouri River.
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Lewis and Clark hire Toussaint Charbonneau and his Shoshone wife, Sacagawea to help on the expedition
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Lewis and Clark finally reach the Columbia River, which was the last waterway to the Pacific Ocean.