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==Army Career==

==Army Career==

While he was a young man, Lewis fought against the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. He became an officer in the army and battled against [[Native American]]s in the [[Northwest Territory]]. Lewis soon learned a lot about Native Americans and their languages. In 1801, President [[Thomas Jefferson]] recruited Lewis to be his private secretary. When Jefferson had proposed such an expedition in 1792, Lewis had been among the first volunteers, although his youth and inexperience disqualified him at the time. When he became experienced in frontier, Lewis made a perfect candidate in Jefferson's eyes, and the President soon set out a course of study that would equip him with the scientific skills needed for his journey.

In response to the outbreak of the [[Whiskey Rebellion]] in 1794, Lewis enlisted in a Virginia militia unit raised to defeat the uprising. He joined, in his own words, "to support the glorious cause of Liberty, and my Country," seeing the rebellion as a threat to break up the new nation; he may also have become bored with the life of a Virginia planter and been eager for adventure.<ref>Meriwether Lewis to Lucy Marks, October 13, 1794, Lewis Papers.</ref> He became an officer in the army and battled against [[Native American]]s in the [[Northwest Territory]]. Lewis soon learned a lot about Native Americans and their languages. In 1801, President [[Thomas Jefferson]] recruited Lewis to be his private secretary. When Jefferson had proposed such an expedition in 1792, Lewis had been among the first volunteers, although his youth and inexperience disqualified him at the time. When he became experienced in frontier, Lewis made a perfect candidate in Jefferson's eyes, and the President soon set out a course of study that would equip him with the scientific skills needed for his journey.

==The Expedition==

==The Expedition==