Lieutenant William Broughton of the George Vancouver expedition also noted the village when he explored the Columbia in October Lewis and Clark counted 36 houses there in , about the same number that James G.
Swan saw when he drew sketches of "Chenook" village in The Corps spent 10 days at Station Camp -- their longest encampment in what is now Washington state -- exploring, hunting, and visiting with the Chinook and Clatsop Indians who came to inspect and trade with the newcomers.
Lewis carved his name in a tree at the northernmost extremity of the cape. Clark and several of the other men added their names to the same tree later, along with the notation that they had come "by land from the U.
At the cape, one of the men killed a "remarkably large buzzard" that had been feeding on the remains of a whale. This was a California condor, a carrion bird with a wingspan of more than nine feet compared to five feet for the bald eagle.
Condors, now an endangered species, were common on the shores of the Columbia until the mid-nineteenth century. One of the members of their large retinue was wearing a robe made from sea otter pelts, which Clark described as "more butifull than any fur I had ever Seen.
The owner refused everything they offered in trade. Some rain all day at intervales, we are all wet and disagreeable, as we have been for Several past, and our present Situation a verry disagreeable one in as much, as we have not leavel land Sufficient for an emcampment and for out baggage to lie cleare of the tide, the High hills jutting so close and steep that we cannot retreat back, and the water of the river too Salt to be used, added to the waves are increaseing to Such a hight that we cannot move from this place, in this Situation we are compelled to form our campe between the hite of the Ebb and floor tides, and rase our baggage on logs.
November 10 th Sunday Louis for the American interior. The expedition traveled up the Missouri River in a foot long keelboat and two smaller boats. In November, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader accompanied by his young Native American wife Sacagawea , joined the expedition as an interpreter. The group wintered in present-day North Dakota before crossing into present-day Montana , where they first saw the Rocky Mountains.
After passing through the dangerous rapids of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in canoes, the explorers reached the calm of the Columbia River, which led them to the sea. On November 8, , the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean. After pausing there for the winter, the explorers began their long journey back to St. On September 23, , after almost two and a half years, the expedition returned to the city, bringing back a wealth of information about the region much of it already inhabited by Native Americans , as well as valuable U.
But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! A map depicting the route taken by Lewis and Clark on their first expedition from the Missouri River near St. Louis, Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River at the Pacific Ocean in Oregon , and their return trip, - After easily crossing the Bitterroots with the help of Nez Perce guides, the Corps split into four different groups for the next leg of the journey.
Clark leads a group to explore the Yellowstone River. Lewis takes another up the Marias River, which includes the northernmost edge of the Louisiana Territory. Without any way to communicate with each other, they plan to reunite at Fort Mandan. After camping together overnight, Lewis catches the Blackfeet trying to steal their guns and horses, and kills a young brave. A month after Lewis and Clark reunite at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone, and weeks after saying goodbye to Sacagawea at Fort Mandan, the Corps of Discovery arrive back in St.
Louis, where the exhausted explorers are greeted as heroes. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Recommended for you.
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