This
paper stated that President Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark Expedition to do what other explores had failed.
The
paper describes in detail the actual journey. The paper discusses that Lewis and Clark succeeded in many
areas: Opened the U.S. from the Missouri River north to the Pacific Ocean, mapped and described the areas in detail (invaluable to later settlers), discovered many previously unknown species of fauna and established contact the Indians. Table of Contents Introduction Preparations Up the Missouri Toward the Pacific The Return Trip Importance of the Expedition Conclusion