By the way, it's never mentioned in the film, but I wonder if President Jefferson sent OTHER expeditions as well but these were just never heard from again. I am not sure what this discrepancy is all about-I assume that the time listed on IMDb is just a simple mistake. However, IMDb indicates it's four hours long but the DVD was only about three and a half. All in all, a terrific film-just know that you'll need to devote a lot of time to it. The interactions of the expedition with the natives was also an interesting surprise. There were a few interesting surprises in the film-especially concerning Lewis' sad life due to debilitating difficulties which today would be diagnosed as a Bipolar Disorder. The cinematography might just be the best thing about it-with wonderful vistas of the west and northwest United States. And, perhaps, it's made a bit better-very slow and lovingly rendered. It's yet another exquisitely made documentary by Ken Burns-using the same wonderful and familiar style you'll see in his other PBS films. "Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery" is a very lengthy documentary that seems almost as long as the group's two year journey! This really isn't a complaint-more a comment about how incredibly thorough the show is. The remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery not just of the two Captains, but the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark’s African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea, who brought along her infant son.
After Lewis' tragic demise, Wilkinson's men including Major James Neely, Lewis' shady companion during the final leg of his journey, covered up all evidence of murder, took most of Lewis' valuable belongings and incriminating evidence and paid off the owners of the cabin where Lewis had died to keep quiet and repeat the agreed cover story of suicide if anyone ever asks them about it. Enter the world of Lewis, Clark and the rest of the Corps of Discovery. The book suggests that Lewis had evidence against Wilkinson and that this was the real reason why he had decided to personally travel to Washington by horse in 1809. He was also the first Governor of Louisiana Territory until Lewis took over this duty. army during the first three American Presidents who was discovered after his death to have been a spy for the Spanish Crown.
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For instance, in one of the first chapters of The Secret History of Twin Peaks, a companion book to the television series Twin Peaks, it's theorized in great semi-fictional detail, some of it based on actual historical facts, that the man behind the conspiracy to murder Meriwether Lewis was none other than General James Wilkinson, commander of the U.S. Examples of this discussion can be found in pop culture as well. Due to numerous inconsistencies, oddities and lack of hard facts and evidence, the death of Meriwether Lewis became, in time, a topic of great discussion, wild speculation and genuine controversy as more and more people including some historians began to favor the idea that he was in fact murdered.
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