Why Did Meriwether Lewis Commit Suicide

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Meriwether Lewis was he murdered or did he commit suicide? The answer is a mystery within itself. Meriwether Lewis is a very famous man in history, Meriwether Lewis was known all around the world for his famous expeditions. Throughout the years there has many different stories told about how Meriwether Lewis died. Many historians have dug and dug to try to find answers about Meriwether Lewis’s death. The video Brad Meltzer’s Decoded has three historians who go to Natchez Trace and talk to a family member of the late Meriwether Lewis. One story was one day on his way to Washington, Meriwether Lewis was traveling along the Natchez Trace. Meriwether stopped at Grinder’s Stand to rest for the night. Mrs. Grinder was there when Meriwether arrived and she said that Meriwether was deranged and out of his mind. She told the police that as she was in a cabin she heard two gunshots come from his cabin. She then said that Meriwether crawled out of his cabin on …show more content…
In his book he tells how “they wished to honor the memory of Meriwether Lewis as a true hero, and leave it to future historians to unravel the cause of his death.” But he did believe that he was killed not that he committed suicide. He thinks that it is a mystery and that the answer lies in the ground with his remains.
Later on in the book “The Death of Meriwether Lewis” it tells how Meriwether Lewis was ill and could not travel and when he was able to travel he waited around for about six to eight days waiting for General Wilkinson to give Captain Russell permission to travel to Washington with him. But after General Wilkinson denied Russell the permission to go with Meriwether he sent agent Nelly with Meriwether for the trip to Washington. Later on Captain Russell wrote a letter to President Jefferson saying that if he had sent his own man instead of Nelly escorting him, Meriwether would have still been
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