After the confrontation with the Indians the war was over for Lewis and Clark. They spent a week waiting for a boat to pick them up and take them home. When the boat finally arrived the crew was drunk and four days later they still hadn't sobered up. They were tired of waiting and ready to go home so the two bought horses and set out on their own. They were able to travel for three weeks together until they parted at St. Louis. Clark went back to his farm in Kentucky. Lewis remained in the Army but went back home for a short stay before he would move onto Ft. Adams where he was promoted to Captain and would for a short time become Commander Ft. Adams. After Ft. Adams he was moved to the position of Paymaster. "In 1801 Thomas Jefferson, neighbor, friend, and idol of Meriwether Lewis, became President of the United States."" (pg51) In 1802 Lewis became Jefferson's secretary. While working under Jefferson, Lewis fell in love with Vice President Burrs' daughter, which happened to be married. Eventually Lewis would tell her how he felt but she pretty much said she was happily married and Lewis would never fall in love again. A few years later Jefferson appoints Lewis head of an expedition across uncharted land to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis, grateful of this opportunity invites his old friend, William Clark, to assist him in command of the expedition. Lewis would start the expedition on the fourteenth of May and picked up Clark in St. Louis. They would depart St. Louis on the thirty- first up the Missouri River. Along the route they ran into many Indian tribes, which Lewis would trade with. After traveling by river for six months crew set up camp for the winter. The winter would be a grueling one but everyone would survive. The crew lived off "corn, beans, and buffalo meat bought from the Indians, who accepted only one medium for barter "metal for making barbs."" (pg122) Winter passes, the river melts, and the crew can start the trip again.