In the book, Undaunted Courage, by Stephen Ambrose, the famous expeditions of Lewis and Clark, who were sent by president Thomas Jefferson to explore the uncharted westward regions of the United States, was a well noted event in history. But those who tagged along with Lewis and Clark in the journey were hardly mentioned. Those who supplied all the items …show more content…
For example, in “Chief Joseph Speaks,” which were speeches from the chief of the Nez Perce tribe, Joseph states, “White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of the Winding Water. They stole a great many horses from us and we could not get them back because we were Indians.” This shows that in general, not just a few specific famous figures, had made history, which goes along with the agreed central ideas of Robert Morgan that history is mostly actually made up of average citizens.
Morgan’s central idea in his article shows when N. Scott Momaday, author of “The Way to Rainy Mountain,” because the historical portion of the book doesn’t specifically credit people who made history, which shows that history IS composed of the majority. Yes, the famous historical figures impacted the past, but in reality it’s the countless number of people that put together history.
Conclusively, Robert Morgan’s central ideas in his article, “There is no true history of the Westward Expansion,” can be agreed with. History doesn’t just come from the few historical people, but the