The Lewis & Clark Expedition (Compilation)

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Wild West Josh

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🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 187 minutes

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In the Spring of 1803, the United States acquired the Territory of Louisiana, a largely uncharted tract of wilderness stretching from Canada down to New Orleans. Over 800,000 square miles that, as far the maps were concerned, remained a mystery. President Thomas Jefferson then ordered an expedition to explore this newly purchased land all the way west to the Pacific Ocean. Tasked with leading this endeavor – officially known as the Corp of Discovery – were Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The Corp of Discovery was to travel some 8,000 miles, navigating their way up the Missouri River before turning west and crossing the Rocky Mountains. From the Oto to the Mandan and from the Shoshone to the Clatsop, Lewis and Clark would encounter dozens of tribes along their way, navigate hostile rivers and mountain passes, and even a few unfriendly grizzlies. But what about the rumors of woolly mammoth and a lost tribe of Welshmen? What became of Lewis and Clark after the expedition? What about Sacagawea and Clark's slave York? This is a compilation of previously released material. HELLOFRESH sponsors this episode!!! For FREE breakfast for life, go to HelloFresh.com/freewildwest. One free breakfast per item, per box, while subscription is active!!!! This episode is sponsored by PRIZEPICKS!!! Download the PrizePicks app today and use code WILDWEST and get $50 instantly when you play $5! That’s code WILDWEST on PrizePicks to get $50 instantly when you play $5! You don’t even need to win to receive the $50 bonus, it’s guaranteed! Check out the Wild West Extravaganza website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose - https://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Courage-Meriwether-Jefferson-American/dp/0684826976 Journals of Lewis & Clark - https://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/ Explorers Podcast - https://explorerspodcast.com/lewis-and-clark/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the spring of 1803, with a stroke of a pin, the United States of America doubled in size.
0:06.3	The young nation, which at that point consisted in just 16 states, purchased the French-controlled
0:10.9	territory of Louisiana, a largely uncharted wilderness stretched from Canada all the way down
0:16.0	to New Orleans. Over 800,000 square miles that, so far as the maps were concerned, remained a mystery.
0:23.2	That's where the Corps of Discovery came into play, aka the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
0:28.4	All total, the Corps of Discovery would travel some 8,000 miles, navigating their way up the Missouri
0:33.6	before turning west and crossing the Rockies. If all went as planned, they would locate an all-water route link in the Missouri River to the
0:40.1	Pacific Ocean and return as national heroes.
0:43.3	Sounds great in theory, but life has a way of, well, getting in the way.
0:47.5	And besides, before the Corps of Discovery could even think about turning west, they'd need
0:51.2	to make it past the mighty Lakota, a tribe rumored to be both
0:54.5	numerous and warlike. Who was Mary Weather Lewis? How'd he and William Clark come to lead
0:59.9	one of the most important explorations in all of U.S. history? How they choose the men who would
1:05.1	accompany them? What sort of supplies would they bring along? How many venereal diseases would they
1:10.2	contract? What about the rumors that they were told to keep their eyes peeled for woolly mammoths and a lost tribe of Welshmen?
1:16.6	And what exactly became of Lewis and Clark after the expedition?
1:20.6	What about Saka Jovia and Clark Slave York?
1:23.6	Join me today as we discuss all that and more, including that famous air gun.
1:27.7	Yeah, an air gun.
1:29.4	My name's Josh, and this is the Wild West extravaganza.
1:42.8	As I alluded to in the intro by the dawn of the 19th century, the United States of America
1:48.4	consisted of just 16 states, the 13 original colonies along with Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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