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	PBS - THE WEST - Meriwether Lewis
		The official leader of the epic Lewis and Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis has been called "undoubtedly the greatest pathfinder this country has ever known." Lewis was born to a Virginia planter family in 1774.
		To accompany him as co-leader of the expedition, Lewis selected William Clark, a fellow Virginian with whom he had served on the frontier in 1795.
		The Lewis and Clark expedition was as widely hailed upon its return as it is remembered in our own time, and as its official leader, Meriwether Lewis reaped the benefits of this acclaim.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/i_r/lewis.htm (739 words)

	Meriwether Lewis - MSN Encarta
		Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), American explorer who served as co-leader, with William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), the first American overland exploration of the West and Pacific Northwest.
		Lewis proved to be a keen observer of the natural world, an attribute he put to use during the expedition.
		Lewis joined the Virginia militia as a private soldier during the Whiskey Rebellion, a series of disturbances in 1794 aimed against the imposition of a federal excise tax on whiskey.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556000/Lewis_Meriwether.html (707 words)

	Corps of Discovery - The Leaders
		Lewis was fascinated with the Native Americans, plants, animals, fossils, geological formations, topography and other facets of the trip, all of which he recorded in his journal entries.
		Meriwether Lewis was appointed to the governorship of the Louisiana Territory, while William Clark became the Indian Agent for the far west.
		Lewis died without clearing his name, without publishing the journals which were his claim to international importance, and unmarried, with no descendants to continue his legacy.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/TheLeaders/Lewis/Lewis.htm (1628 words)

	Meriwether Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
		Lewis was born near Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, Virginia, on August 18, 1774, to William and Lucy (née Meriwether) Lewis.
		Lewis was nominated and recommended to serve as the first Master of the proposed Lodge, which was warranted as Lodge No. 111 on September 16, 1803.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meriwether_Lewis (677 words)

	Meriwether Lewis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lewis was a distant relative of the President as well as a knowledgeable and reliable person.
		As Meriwether Lewis landed on the north shore of the Missouri River, August 22, 1804, he became the first Mason of record to set foot on the soil that was to be Dakota.
		Captain Lewis was commissioned Governor of the Louisiana Territory and Captain Clark was appointed a General of the Territorial Militia and an Indian Agent.
	www.falmr.org /mlewis.htm (1562 words)

	UI Professor Concludes Meriwether Lewis Death Likely Suicide - University News Service - The University of Iowa
		In 1806, when Meriwether Lewis and colleague William Clark returned from their expedition across the western United States, they were hailed as national heroes.
		This summer, in the year marking the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, University of Iowa counseling psychology professor John S. Westefeld and graduate student Aaron Less have produced "Meriwether Lewis: Was it Suicide?", which seeks to shed further light on the tragedy.
		Lewis left Fort Pickering with James Neeley, a Native American agent, as well as Lewis' servant John Pernier and a second scout.
	www.news-releases.uiowa.edu /2003/september/093003lewis-suicide.html (730 words)

	Meriwether Lewis
		Meriwether Lewis was born in Virginia during 1774 to William and Lucy Lewis.
		When Meriwether was eight or nine years old, Capt. Marks and his family migrated to Wilkes County (now Oglethorpe), Georgia and settled on the Broad River in a colony developed by General John Mathews.
		It might be said that Meriwether Lewis obtained his sound foundation in Georgia, which enabled him to become the greatest of all American explorers.
	www.ejlanham.com /MeriwetherLewis.html (388 words)

	Meriwether Lewis
		Lewis was the son of a tobacco plantation owner, and his family's fondest hope was that he would take over the family business when his father died.
		Lewis was also, at that time, Jefferson's private secretary.
		All of these records were turned over to President Jefferson when Lewis and William Clark returned from their journey.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/ushistory/meriwetherlewis.htm (227 words)

	Meriwether Lewis and the Meandering Mandan
		One of the charges that Jefferson had laid upon Meriwether Lewis in his rather extensive instructions for the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase was to open negotiations with Native American tribes and to have those tribes send representatives to Washington City.
		Lewis was so impressed with him that he presented the chief with a Jefferson peace medal which irritated other tribal leaders.
		Lewis was under tremendous pressure from Jefferson to return the Mandan and to finish rewriting his journals for publication.
	www.earlyamerica.com /review/2005_winter_spring/meriwether_lewis.htm (1788 words)

	Lewis and Clark . Inside the Corps . The Corps . Meriwether Lewis \| PBS
		Meriwether Lewis was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, on August 18, 1774, the second child and first son of William and Lucy Meriwether Lewis.
		Lewis was a childhood protege of Jefferson’s, and they renewed their bond years later while Lewis was on army duty in Charlottesville, Virginia.
		Lewis’ strength, stamina, and overall health was put to the test on a number of occasions during the journey of the Corps of Discovery.
	www.pbs.org /lewisandclark/inside/mlewi.html (2030 words)

	Meriwether Lewis
		Meriwether Lewis was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on 18th August, 1774.
		Lewis was unpopular with the people living in the area and in 1809 he was asked to return to Washington to discuss these problems.
		His private secretary captain Meriwether Lewis, and captain William Clarke, both officers of the army of the United States, were associated in the command of this enterprise.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWmerwether.htm (3053 words)

	Biography
		Meriwether Lewis was born August 18, 1774, near Charlottesville, VA, and was a boyhood neighbor of Thomas Jefferson.
		In 1794, Lewis joined the militia and, at the rank of Ensign, was attached to a sublegion of General "Mad Anthony" Wayne commanded by Lieutenant William Clark.
		Lewis was introverted, melancholic, and moody; Clark, extroverted, even-tempered and gregarious.
	www.lewisclark.net /biography/index.html (654 words)

	Meriwether Lewis
		Meriwether, who was of a bold and adventurous disposition, left school at eighteen years of age, and in 1794 volunteered in the troops that were called out to quell the whiskey insurrection in western Pennsylvania.
		Lewis and Clark, a county of Montana, is named in honor of the explorers.
		Meriwether Lewis and William Clark trail and the discovery...
	www.meriwetherlewis.org (755 words)

	Military.com Content
		Born into the Virginia gentry on Aug. 18, 1774, Meriwether Lewis received a grounding in the fundamentals of rhetoric and arithmetic supplemented by training as a gentleman farmer and a deep interest in the natural world.
		Lewis had first proposed such a venture in 1792, but now his training and knowledge had caught up with his wanderlust.
		However, it was to the young nation's benefit that Lewis, with his knowledge of biology and geography, and Clark, schooled in astronomy and cartography, did not limit their meticulous records to the direct and practicable.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_mlewis_bkp (521 words)

	Meriwether Lewis \| Explorer
		Meriwether Lewis was born in Albemarle County Virginia on August 18, 1774.
		Lewis invited William Clark to join the expedition, and the two men privately agreed to lead it jointly.
		Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation: The mission of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation is to honor the remarkable historic legacy of Lewis and Clark.
	www.lucidcafe.com /library/95aug/lewis.html (817 words)

	Meriwether Lewis Branding Irons on Sale Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Among the surviving artifacts of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Capt. Meriwether Lewis branding iron in the collections of the Oregon Historical Society is both important and perplexing.
		The branding iron was produced for Capt. Lewis, perhaps at the armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, especially for use on the trip.
		The Capt. Meriwether Lewis branding iron traversed the continent with the expedition, and was used to leave a mark on the land of the extent of their travels.
	www.ohs.org /about/Meriwether-Lewis-Branding-Irons-on-Sale-Now.cfm (696 words)

	What Really Happened to Meriwether Lewis? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lewis was a Virginian, an army officer chosen by President Thomas Jefferson in 1801 to serve as his secretary.
		Finally, Lewis decided to journey to Washington to present his official records directly to his accusers and, more important, to deliver the journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition to his publishers in Philadelphia.
		Grinder prepared a bed for him, Lewis told her he preferred to sleep on the floor, and he called Pernier to bring his bearskins and buffalo robe.
	www.wshs.org /wshm/lewisandclark/meriwether_lewis.htm (3302 words)

	BIO: Meriwether Lewis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774 on a plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia.
		As a friend and former neighbor of the Lewis family, President Thomas Jefferson recruited Lewis to be his private secretary in 1801.
		To prepare for the trip, Lewis studied navigation, plants, and animals at the University of Pennsylvania.
	www.edgate.com /lewisandclark/BIOs/BIO_M_Lewis.html (186 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Lewis, Meriwether (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lewis, Meriwether LEWIS, MERIWETHER [Lewis, Meriwether] 1774-1809, American explorer, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition, b.
		Lewis and Clark expedition LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION [Lewis and Clark expedition] 1803-6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean.
		Lewis & Clark Law School Puts Meriwether Lewis on Trial; Historical Figures Expected to Testify, Including Sacagawea.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/07418.html (461 words)

	Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau (Lewis&Clark)
		Meriwether Lewis and William Clark visited Cape Girardeau as they traveled together on their historic Corps of Discovery expedition.
		In his journal, Lewis described the colorful residents of the Cape Girardeau community, and his visit with the Commandant of the territory and community founder, Louis Lorimier.
		Lewis met Lorimier at a local horse race, where Lorimier was heartily involved in settling disputes over wagers.
	www.capegirardeaucvb.org /lewis_clark.html (193 words)

	National Park Service - Lewis and Clark (Meriwether Lewis Park (Natchez Trace Parkway))
		Lewis and the two servants accompanying him stopped for the night at an inn named Grinder's Stand.
		Although some writers have contended Lewis was assassinated for political reasons or murdered, possibly while being robbed, his agitated mental state during most of the trip, reflected in two previous attempts to kill himself, and the recorded circumstances of his death stress the probability of suicide.
		In 1925 President Calvin Coolidge designated the site as Meriwether Lewis National Monument, and in 1961 it was redesignated as Meriwether Lewis Park and became a unit of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/lewisandclark/site38.htm (544 words)

	Lewis & Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, two of the most famous names in American exploration.
		Meriwether Lewis was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1774.
		Although, officially Lewis was commissioned a Captain and Clark a Lieutenant, Lewis referred to Clark as "Captain" and considered him an equal in command.
	www.stjosephmuseum.org /LewisClark/landc.htm (853 words)

	Meriwether Lewis
		Meriwether Lewis was born on the family plantation in Virginia.
		Lewis insisted the two of them would each be referred to as captains of the expedition.
		In the early 19th century, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led an expedition through an enormous unexplored region of North America while seeking a route to the Pacific Ocean.
	gardenofpraise.com /ibdlewis.htm (1162 words)

	Lewis and Clark - The Corps of Discovery - Meriwether Lewis's Death
		Meriwether Lewis’s death has been a source of speculation for many years, often with the mistaken notion that “great men” do not take their own lives, and that suicide blights the memory of a great life.
		Clark likewise reported that Lewis had bouts with euphoria and depression prior to his death, had become deeply in debt, drank heavily and possibly used opium–all symptoms of bipolar disorder.
		It should be noted, however, that there is the possibility that Lewis suffered from malaria, a disease that is known, in its later stages, to cause forms of dementia and erratic behavior.
	www.state.nd.us /hist/LewisClark/suicide.html (333 words)

	Meriwether Lewis
		Lewis grew up among the forests and wilderness of the Shenandoah Valley and developed a love of hunting and exploring.
		Lewis became a soldier at an early age and fought in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
		Lewis studied plants, animals and navigation at the University of Pennsylvania in preparation.
	www.mrnussbaum.com /lewis.htm (245 words)

	THE DEATH OF MERIWETHER LEWIS -- SUICIDE OR MURDER?
		Lewis was welcomed into the home of President Jefferson and managed to obtain both extra money and land grants for his men.
		Lewis must have feared that, as Wilkinson’s successor, he would be painted with the same brush.
		Lewis could not be dissuaded though and he purchased two pack mules for his records and borrowed three Army horses for himself and his servants.
	www.prairieghosts.com /meriwet.html (2142 words)

	Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809)
		Eighteen-year-old Meriwether Lewis eagerly volunteered to lead it, but his offer was rejected on account of his youth and inexperience.
		Late in the winter of 1801, 27-year-old Lewis was summoned by Thomas Jefferson, the newly-elected third president of the United States, to serve as his personal secretary and aide.
		Lewis died, probably by his own hand, in the early morning hours of October 11, 1809, forever thirty-five years of age.
	www.lewis-clark.org /bio_lewis.htm (411 words)

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