Download Who Died On The Lewis And Clark Expedition Pics. Clark also served mainly as the expedition doctor and sergeant charles floyd died august 20, 1804. The house and senate approve jefferson's request.
Prior to the expedition, clark was in fact lewis' superior officer and was very experienced in handling boats.
It followed the missouri river westward and soon, it sergeant charles floyd, one of the members of the corps of discovery, suffered from acute appendicitis and died on august 20, 1804. Dysentery, snake bites, a dislocated shoulder, venereal disease and lewis being shot in the buttocks after being mistaken for an elk all threatened the one thing i always found crazy about the lewis and clark expedition is the amount they ate while traveling west. Lewis, at age 35, died tragically on october 11, 1809, just three years after the expedition. Congress proposing an expedition to the pacific northwest.