How did Lewis and Clark send items back to Jefferson?

The items collected before leaving the Mandan village returned to St Louis via the River Boat. The French River boatmen were lead by Corporal Warfington. On the return trip from Fort Clapsop they brought the items along in the canoes. read more

Lewis and Clark spent an entire day trying to capture a prairie dog, after they encountered their first prairie dog city which covered some four acres on September 7, 1804. The following April they sent one live prairie dog to Jefferson with the small party that returned downriver to St. Louis. Remarkably, the creature arrived alive. read more

Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition so that trade could be established with western Native American people and so that they could also find a water route to the Pacific Ocean. Before Jefferson became president, he wanted to send explorers on an expedition across North America. read more