was born in seventeen hundred seventy and albermarle county but just following in the footsteps of his older brother george rogers clark conquer of the revolutionary northwest william clark became a lieutenant in the army of the united states under general anthony wayne the train his troops to a fine point for wilderness fight in one thousand nine hundred thomas jefferson and then president of the united states appointed captain lewis to the as personal secretary you know to you've been most melancholy they sent few days my boy i didn't realize that you didn't realize that i hadn't forgotten that little plan of  mad wilderness you may be the first white man to ever see that one mr president i mean the expedition as the finally the expedition to the west take long walks by yourself in the forest i mean for you to have your fill of them you can know what this means to me not have what it can mean to your country lose your job will be to command a core of discovery to find the land route to the pacific you will map the lands to progress a noted plant animal and mineral resources you will bring this government into touch with the indians of the west and help divert the fur trade but mr president the land belongs to france not for long i hope most of the trade is being done by the british from canada will take it from the british and diverted down the missouri river to st louis that's why your party will travel up the missouri and find its source by the states all in a matter of two days very formal but the land is not yet garrison did go discovery will need passports now that yankee land and all for fifteen million dollars the low wheezy and i purchase and red beads and seventy three bunches of assorted beads fifteen dozen scissors twenty eight hundred assorted fish hooks just a few odds and ends i know i know one of the most important missions of this journey is to make a good impression on unions still of the happy trade with and to keep the men happy i managed to bring our total supply of whiskey up to thirty gallons and that should get us well started by the way captain lewis i got a letter from the war you just much authority as i billion that's the way it stays kept with quotation marks around it i picked you believe because i know you could lead i'm depending on you captain you've got the confidence of the men together as co commanders will get to that western ocean and back again agreed agreed by the way i was the work coming with the boats all very well but those almost finished the two pearls are ready and waiting and no match for the blackfeet they don't even get their fair share of buffalo they could trade with the states that have a chance to   out out to the ocean yet there came the day when william clark wrote in his journal ocean in view winter eighteen hundred by a court of discovery on the pacific shore near the mouth of the columbia planning a trip back home on foot but we haven't any horses that's what i said on foot private train reporting to relieve the watch what you have to report shannon nothin said and a great deal of it i add you can take a report back to the men for us tell them so far the trip has been easy if they can stay alive during a walk back home again and they passed the real test about your son and about yourself have i have you heard anything definite saying only detained in rumor has it that the party was last seen crossing the rocky mountains heading for the ocean to the west that news who how old it is believe me mr president i hold no false hope you know lucy those two young men are not the first i've sent to pry the lid off the wilderness but in this case i feel i sent a man very dear to me and to what fate torture starvation death did i do wrong lucy to send your young men noto you gave never weather and william a chance for greatness the chance to make their country great thank you my dear and may god prove all our fears to be foolish for lewis and clark are on their way home now travels faster than rumor itself all over but the shouting what we did only needs doing one