Meriwether Lewis was shot in the chest beneath his ribs this first shot would have rendered him very close to death if not dead because the gun that he was killed with was used to stop cavalries meaning it would be used to break a horses neck while they were running. Then he would have had to reload this monster of a gun and shot himself in the back of the head. There was no …show more content…
In exhibit G detective Stone states that he finds it odd that Wilkinson was tried for treason and Lewis was helping to convict him. Wilkinson feared that Lewis had evidence of his treason and was delivering them to the president. So he hired to soldiers that used to fight for him (Captain Russell an Major Neely) as military escort for Lewis trying to get to Washington that’s who were the