Meriweather Lewis, who used to be Thomas Jefferson's secretary, was hand picked by Jefferson to lead an expedition in the land America had just bought. It was called the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis, despite being put in charge of the expedition, chose his close war friend William Clark to be co-commander of the adventure. Though they were two very different people they worked together extremely well, it is said that they never had a disagreement or argued about a single important decision. Their trip to the Pacific ocean took over a year and a half, and the crossed over 8,000 miles of land.
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