Ep. 346: Sex and Suicide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
The MeatEater Podcast
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Lewis - I'll Help You Prepare for This Expedition
Eht, all right. We're like, lewis gets tapped for this adventure. He he was appointed by jefferson, his personal secretary, with the intent that he was going to start learning a whatever he might need to know,. as far as a plant life medicine, a zoologyd prepare for this expedition. And when the whole idea of th louisiana purchase came about later that year, erything just fell into place very perfectly. It wasjust, ou couldn't ask for a better situation. But keep in mind that jeffersonhead had delivered that confidential message to congress in january of 18 o three, yeso he was already planning this
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