How did Meriwether Lewis die?

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2009

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In 1809, Meriwether Lewis died of gunshot wounds -- but how did this happen? Historians still debate the circumstances involved. Join Katie and Sarah as they explore the facts -- and sensationalism -- surrounding the mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HouseofWorks.com.
0:35.8	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.8	I'm Katie Lambert, and I'm Faradowty, and today we're going to be talking about a history
0:49.8	mystery.
0:50.8	We've gotten a lot of requests to talk about the Lewis and Clark Exhibition,
0:54.9	but considering that could easily be, oh, I don't know, an hour-long podcast,
0:59.5	we've decided to focus on something slightly more tangential, but still related.
1:04.8	Very intriguing story, too.
1:06.8	Exactly, and that is how did Mary Weather Lewis die?
1:10.7	In 1809, Mary Weather Lewis died from gunshot wounds on the Wild Matches Trace,
1:16.6	which was a road that goes from matches Mississippi to Nashville.
1:21.8	And people have been obsessed since then about finding out how he died.
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