Read the excerpt from the journals of Lewis and Clark, then answer the question.
Based on what you've learned so far, why did,
Lewis and Clark hand out different-sized medals?
Because they owed one chief more than the
other
Because some chiefs had given them more
valuable gifts first
Because they wanted to indicate that some
chiefs were more powerful in their eyes than
others
"All six chiefs replied to our speech, each in
turn, according to rank: they expressed their
joy at the change in government; their hopes
that we would recommend them to [our]
great father (the president] ... We then
proceeded to distribute our presents... We
gave a medal of the second grade to one Ottoe
chief, and one Missouri chief; a medal of the
third grade to two inferior chiefs of each
nation ..."
- Journals of Lewis and Clark
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