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Lewis (MERIWETHER an American soldier)

MERIWETHER, an American soldier and explorer; born near Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 18, 1774. He was employed by the government with Clark to make discoveries in the N. parts of the American continent, with a view to the extension of commerce to the Pacific Ocean. In 1805 they undertook a journey for the purpose of discovering the source of the Missouri; and they passed the winter in an icy region, 4,000 miles beyond its confluence. Lewis was soon after made governor of Louisiana, and Clark a general of its militia, and agent of the United States for Indian affairs. He died near Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 8, 1809. a LEWISTON, county-seat of Nez Perce CO. It is at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater rivers, and on the Northern Pacific and the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation lines. It is the center of an important mining and wheat and fruit growing district. Its industries include flour and box-making mills. It is the seat of the State normal school and a United States Weather Bureau station. city of Idaho, the London, April 21, 1806. A graduate of. It has a hospital, a public library, and Christ Church, Oxford, with high honors, he became a lawyer, and filled three Cabinet places in rapid succession, ending with Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1855. His most enduring work is the other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 6,043; (1920) 6,574.