His training in navigation and his expertise in writing detailed zoological and botanical accounts, as well as his familiarity with Native Americans, made him well suited for his now-famous journey.
Before reporting directly to Thomas Jefferson during the treason trial of Aaron Burr, this man had been the later-President's personal secretary and had served in the militia to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion. His training in navigation and his expertise in writing detailed zoological and botanical accounts, as well as his familiarity with Native Americans, made him well suited for his now-famous journey. FTP, name this leader of the Corps of Discovery who chose a man under whom he had served in the army, William Clark, as his second-in-command to explore the Louisiana Purchase.          |
Before reporting directly to Thomas Jefferson during the treason trial of Aaron Burr, this man had been the later-President's personal secretary and had served in the militia to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion.
Meriwether {Lewis}