Life As Life As an Explorer with Lewis and Clark Laura L Sullivan Cavendish Square New York
Introduction In May 1804 a group of United States Army volunteers traveled into the western United States for the first time The group was called the Corps of Discovery Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark led it The leaders chose thirty-one explorers to join them They picked men who were young strong healthy and unmarried Many had experience living and working in the wilderness as hunters or trackers Later a Native American woman named Sacagawea sah-ka-juh WEE-uh joined them Together the explorers traveled to the Pacific Ocean Along the way they faced many dangers but they also made important discoveries Life As an Explorer with Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark got help from a Native American woman named Sacagawea
