The Corps of Discovery
By: Jillian Shepard
Meriwether Lewis
August 18th, 1774 - October 11th 1809
Never married, no children
Took notes on every new thing he saw
William Clark
August 1st, 1770 - September 1st, 1838
Married twice, 8 children
made maps of the new land
Sacagawea
1786 - December 20th, 1812/April 9th, 1884
Married Toussaint Charbonneau, 2 children (1st was born on trip)
Translator and guide
Charles Floyd
Unknown - August 20th, 1804 (only man to die on trip)
Never married, no children
- sergeant
Patrick Gass
June 12th, 1771 - April 2nd 1870
married Maria Hamilton, 7 children
- sergeant
John Ordway
1775 - 1817
Married to Grace Ordway, had children but no information is known about them.
- sergeant
Nathaniel Hale Pryor
1772 - June 1st, 1831
Married Margaret Patton, 6 children
- sergeant
William E. Bratton
July 27th, 1778 - November 11th, 1841
Married Polly Maxwell, Nine children
- sergeant
John Colter
1775 - May 7th, 1812
Married Sarah Colter, 2 children
Private