“Going West, The Influence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition” On the day of January 18, 1903, the president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, sent out a confidential message to congress. It stated that; “The river Missouri and the Indians inhabiting it, are not as well known as is rendered desirable by their connection with the Mississippi, and consequently with us. . .”( Burns, Lewis). After that, Jefferson the went on to propose that an “intelligent officer with …showed first 75 words of 2423 total…

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