41. Historical Mysteries| How did Meriwether Lewis Die?

Published: March 5, 2019, 8 a.m.

In September 1806 Meriwether Lewis along with William Clark received a hero's welcome as he entered St. Louis.  At 33, Lewis was a national hero. Just three years later he was dead, shot twice in a small cabin in the Tennessee wilderness. Who shot him has been one of the longest lingering murder mysteries in American history.