"In all your [dealings] with the natives treat them in the most friendly & conciliatory manner which their own conduct will admit; allay all jealousies as to the object of your journey, satisfy them of it's innocence, make them acquainted with the position, extent, character, peaceable & commercial dispositions of the US of our wish to be neighborly, friendly & useful to them, & of our dispositions to a commercial intercourse with them, confer with them on the points most convenient as mutual emporiums, & the articles of most desireable interchange for them & us. if a few of their influential chiefs, within practicable distance, wish to visit us, arrange such a visit with them, & furnish them with authority to call on our officers, on their entering the US to have them conveyed to this place at the public expence. if any of them should wish to have some of their young people brought up with us, & taught such arts as may be useful to them, we will recieve, instruct & take care of them such a mission, whether of influential chiefs, or of young people, would give some security to your own party"


What was Jefferson's main goal regarding Native Americans in the Louisiana Territory?
O establish mutually beneficial relationships with Native Americans
O inform Native Americans that they are now US citizens
O inquire about the natural resources that can be available to the U
Oensure that the Corps of Discovery remains safe on their journey​