JEFFERSON CHOSE MARIWETHER LEWIS, ( A ARMY CAPTION) AND WILLIAM CLARK TO LEAD A EXPEDITION THRROUGH THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY. JEFFERSON HAD THREE SIMPLE GOALS FOR THEM, 1.TO LOOK FOR A WATER ROUTE TO THE PICIFIC. , 2. TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND 3. TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SOIL AND THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY, PLANTS AND ANIMALS. THERE WERE THREE BOATS THAT CARRIED THE EXPEDITIONERS, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. THEY MET AND HIRED SACAGAWEA TO BE THEIR INTERPRETER AND GUIDE, SHE HELPED ESTABLISH RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS ALONG THE WAY! -PAIGE J J