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Leading MenLeading Men Landon Y. JonesLandon Y. Jones   The Lewis and Clark ExpeditionThe Lewis and Clark Expedition ??Spent roughly a thousand days and nights Spent roughly a thousand days and nights togethertogether ??Slept in impossibly close quarters, often sharing Slept in impossibly close quarters, often sharing the same buffalothe same buffalo--skin teepee with an Indian skin teepee with an Indian woman, a Frenchwoman, a French--Canadian interpreter and their Canadian interpreter and their babybaby ??Kept journalsKept journals   Lewis and ClarkLewis and Clark’’s contrasting s contrasting PersonalitiesPersonalities Meriwether LewisMeriwether Lewis ??BroodingBrooding ??MercurialMercurial ??Inveterate disposition Inveterate disposition against the Britishagainst the British ??aloofaloof William ClarkWilliam Clark ??GenialGenial ??Had the cooler headHad the cooler head ??Agreeable, dislikes giving Agreeable, dislikes giving offense unnecessarilyoffense unnecessarily ??Less formalLess formal  What the two men had in CommonWhat the two men had in Common ??VirginiansVirginians ??Army officersArmy officers ??SixSix--footersfooters ??Experienced outdoorsmenExperienced outdoorsmen ??Passion for ethnology, paleontology, zoology Passion for ethnology, paleontology, zoology and botany (share with Jefferson)and botany (share with Jefferson) ??Fearless spellersFearless spellers  Their BackgroundsTheir Backgrounds as Related to the Expeditionas Related to the Expedition ??They met 8 years before the expeditionThey met 8 years before the expedition ??Clark was 33 and Lewis was 29 when the Clark was 33 and Lewis was 29 when the expedition began; Clark was the more expedition began; Clark was the more experienced soldier and frontiersmanexperienced soldier and frontiersman ??Lewis had been working in the White House as Lewis had been working in the White House as JeffersonJefferson’’s private secretary. Jefferson as s private secretary. Jefferson as surrogate