Date: 15/05/2020 18:41:35
From: PermeateFree
ID: 1556377
Subject: Lewis and Clark from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

These great American explorers were unbelievably successful in their journey across America and back again, but a lesser known fate (some tragic) befell them upon their return.

>>Sergeant Ordway, one of the original members of the corps, had helped organize the expedition’s first winter camp near St. Louis. Like the other sergeants, Ordway kept a journal, but he was the only one to record a daily entry. On September 21, 1806, as the corps reached St. Charles (in present-day Missouri), Ordway wrote: “Towards evening we arived at St. Charles fired three rounds and Camped at the lower end of the Town. the people of the Town gathered on the bank and could hardly believe that it was us for they had heard and had believed that we were all dead and were forgotton.”

More:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lewis-and-clark-the-journey-ends-110100664/

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Date: 15/05/2020 18:50:47
From: Ian
ID: 1556378
Subject: re: Lewis and Clark from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

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Date: 15/05/2020 18:58:19
From: PermeateFree
ID: 1556380
Subject: re: Lewis and Clark from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

PermeateFree said:


These great American explorers were unbelievably successful in their journey across America and back again, but a lesser known fate (some tragic) befell them upon their return.

>>Sergeant Ordway, one of the original members of the corps, had helped organize the expedition’s first winter camp near St. Louis. Like the other sergeants, Ordway kept a journal, but he was the only one to record a daily entry. On September 21, 1806, as the corps reached St. Charles (in present-day Missouri), Ordway wrote: “Towards evening we arived at St. Charles fired three rounds and Camped at the lower end of the Town. the people of the Town gathered on the bank and could hardly believe that it was us for they had heard and had believed that we were all dead and were forgotton.”

More:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lewis-and-clark-the-journey-ends-110100664/

>>On this day in 1804, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and the rest of their party headed up the Missouri River on a government-sponsored mission to explore the land that had been acquired in the Louisiana Purchase the year before and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.<<

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Date: 15/05/2020 21:24:17
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1556438
Subject: re: Lewis and Clark from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

Ian said:



The story of Lewis and Clarke seems to be essential reading for school students in the USA. I’ve heard of them of course, but I didn’t even know that they had to make a return journey.

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Date: 21/05/2020 01:50:56
From: AwesomeO
ID: 1559204
Subject: re: Lewis and Clark from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

Not dead

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