At a time when Europeans already had a long history of violent contact with Native people, Lewis and Clark made most of their journey in peace.
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In 1805, the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, making their way across the West, were warned by American Indian tribes of grizzly bears' awesome strength.
The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.
We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
When you start to look at Native American history, you realize that, very far from being a peaceful, morally superior people, Native Americans were not that different from Europeans.
The John Lewis I know is a peacemaker.
Who put their foot in the Missouri River first: Lewis or Clark? Who cares!
People fight today for the same fundamental reasons the Greek historian Thucydides identified nearly 2,500 years ago: fear, honor, and interest.
Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us.
I don't recall exactly when I first began reading about Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery, but I suspect that it was in fourth grade.
I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.
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