TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Beyond the Mississippi CHAPTER 2 Setting Out VOICES FROM THE PAST Sacagawea CHAPTER 3 Toward the Pacific Coast CHAPTER 4 The Journey Home Focus on the Lewis and Clark Expedition Glossary To Learn More Index
CHAPTER 1 BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI In In the early 1800s settlers began moving to the western part of the United States But most settlers did not cross the Mississippi River West of this river was a large territory known as Louisiana This territory belonged to France But the French were at war with the British The French government needed money In the early 1800s large areas of North America had not yet been explored by US citizens 5
