The Mysterious Death of America´s Greatest Explorer Mariwether Lewis

knows whether it was a suicide or a murder. Clark later became the governor of the Missouri

The incident at Harpers Ferry caused historians to attack affidavits that were going to be used to spare Brown from being hung on the grounds of being insane. Brown did not want to be label as a crazy or insane person and refused to plea the insanity theory even if this meant that he would hang for murder. All of the people claiming that Brown was insane did not have any medical knowledge of what it was to see a person who was really insane. There were no doctors signing papers to prove that Brown was insane because of his actions in the raid.

Meriwether Lewis is the main reason that the United States’ territory extends from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean (“Meriwether Lewis” 2). He has done many great things, but he is best known for exploring the American West (1). He was a great man full of bravery. Meriwether faced tons of dangers in his life but he overcame all of them. Lewis “helped change the face of the United States by exploring uncharted territory- the American West (“Meriwether Lewis” 2).”

Lying to the court, some people find it easy to blame Surratt for trying to cover up her crime. Surratt was caught red-handed when Lewis Paine was looking for a hideout. Paine had gone back to Surratt’s boarding house after he failed to assassinate secretary, William H. Seward.

Meriwether Lewis, a man who alongside with William Clark led an expedition that shaped America today. He found lots of new species of plants and animals, charted new land, and explored the infamous Mississippi river. Friends with the second American president John Adams, superb marksman, and beloved explorer Lewis was well known and had a positive reputation. Well on October 11th 1809 Meriwether Lewis was officially reported dead. It was quickly assumed a suicide, because of his alleged money issues with the government and a mental disorder that many doctors still debate over today. This was not a suicide it was without a doubt murder, the perfect crime, committed by a master manipulator.

The death of Edgar Allen Poe is quite the mystery. No one knows what really happened to the failed poet that cold night, while he lay on the street. Many theories suggest that Poe was murdered by one of his many enemies or that he has brain cancer and died on the street. One theory I support is that Poe died from alcohol poisoning, there is quite a bit of evidence that supports Edgar Allen Poe passed from alcohol poisoning such as he became addicted to alcohol after his wife passed, he was found near a pub, and he had brain symptoms that pointed to alcoholism.

The question of whether or not Wirz could have done more to make life more bearable for the prisoners is still debated today. Because of public outrage and indignation in the North over conditions at Andersonville, Captain Henry Wirz was found guilty of war crimes and was hanged on November 10, 1865. It has been said that Wirz was the last casualty of Andersonville.

Also there is the information from Major James Neelly. Major Neelly was sending a letter to President Thomas Jefferson about the death of Meriwether Lewis. Major James Neelly was charged with treason and is a very sketchy person. There has been people who suspect Neelly to be part of the the murder conspiracy. Neelly was one of the companions that went with Lewis when he was traveling to his part of the Louisiana Purchase. It says that before they got to the inn the horses ran away and Neelly went to go catch them. At the time of the death of Lewis, Neelly was supposedly in court in a city about 60 miles away. At the time 2 days by horse.

Then they also had to deal with mosquitoes, they were a major problem for the explorers because, the mosquitoes would cause swelling of the face and eyes. Besides that they had to handle encountering many different wild animals. One encounter Lewis nearly died getting attacked by a grizzly bear. To continue the explorers had to try an make good relations with Native Americans and they usually went well except for one incident where they had to fight. There wasn’t any casualties for the explorers but two members out of the black fleet tribe died. They would also get lost an be on the verge of starving. However by the end of the expedition there was only one casualty, Sargent Charles Floyd and it was from a ruptured appendix so for the explorers this was a successful expedition.

The soldiers that killed the colonists were arrested and charged with murder. A man named John Adams decided to defend the soldier, despite having others judge him for it. He thought the soldiers should have a fair trial.

In November a militia detachment caught up with Burr on the west bank of the Mississippi. Burr was handed a letter from the Governor of Mississippi demanding his surrender. He responded to the letter by denouncing Wilkinson whose "perfidious conduct" had "completely frustrated" his "projects.” The next day Burr met with the Governor who convinced him to surrender. A grand jury in Washington declared Burr "not guilty of any crime or misdemeanor against the United States." The jury went on to condemn the arrest, suggesting that it had given cause to "the enemies of our glorious Constitution to rejoice."(Landen, 2001) Once additional information about Burr's activities became known, a new warrant was issued for his arrest in mid-February. Burr was taken to Fort Stoddart for two weeks and then sent by a nine-man military guard on a one-thousand mile horseback trip to Richmond, where he would stand trial for treason.

Also a trial of Captain Preston and his men to be charged for murder. A prosecution was held later on that year in December. Captain James Preston and eight other soldiers were charged for murder. Josiah Quincy, the second, and John Adams defended the British at their trial. John Adams stood up for the soldiers stating that them shooting, was simply self-defense. This led to them not being found guilty, and they were released later on. However, two of the men were found guilty of manslaughter. They got the letter, M branded on their thumbs and they were released. Paul Revere used the massacre as a political propaganda to stir patriots in other colonies to fight and

In the end, not many of the goals were achieved. There was no all-water route to the pacific. Nearly all of Lewis and Clark's findings and accomplishments went unaccredited to them because of Lewis's failure to print his journals, which Ambrose calls a “treasure of American literature”. And three years after their return, Lewis committed suicide. Nonetheless, at its

Pinkerton was concerned about Webster and sent out two detectives John Scully and Pryce Lewis to Richmond to find him and see what had happened. Washington officials made a mistake because three Washington ladies who were caught spying for the Confederacy were released from prison and sent to Virginia and John Scully and Pryce Lewis were part of that interrogation. Both parties went to the same hotel and John Scully and Pryce Lewis were arrested on charges of being an Union spy and were sent to be executed but gave out secret information which revealed that Webster was a spy so they were released. Timothy Webster was trusted by the Confederates so many times with valuable documents and information and was embarrassed by Webster’s betrayal. Once Pinkerton received that Timothy Webster was to be executed, President Lincoln sent a message to the Confederacy to state that they must release Webster or they will execute a spy from the Confederates which they use to exchange for Union prisoners of war. Despite the threats, he was executed two

There are a lot of mysterious deaths including Amelia Earhart. She was a pioneer and an amazing author. In addition she was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean alone.She was extremely brave. Sadly she disappeared on June 2, 1937, then was legally declared dead on January 5, 1939. Many believe that she died from her plane crashing into the Pacific Ocean or that she just got a new identity but she actually died from getting stranded on an island.