Lewis and Clark distributed these to American Indians in order to

Lewis and clark were put on the great expedition to search to the far west to look for more land as the united colonies grew, on their way the stop by many american indians. But, Lewis and clark were not the ones to drive them out of their land, it was when the colonists came to claim land from them.

Sorry if this had nothing to do with this question, i just read about the great expedition awhile ago and i remember lewis and clark trying to be friends with indians -Cvest

illustrate the choice they faced between peace and hostility.

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because its important to learn about other countries and how high tech they are compared to us. also its good to learn about other cultures and how ours differs and in common also we need to learn about companies that we still buy since they ship it here.