by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 23, 1806, St. Louis, MO: The group rose, was taken to the public store and furnished with some clothes, and an early breakfast with Col. Hunt, and departed for St. Louis down the Mississippi, and arrived at about 12 o’clock. Major Christy, an old...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 22nd, 1806 Fort Belle Fontaine, St. Louis, MO: The group waited in St. Charles most of the day while heavy rains came down, making their way down the river in the evening to Fort Belle Fontaine. Fort Belle Fontaine is about 20 miles north of St....
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 21st, 1806, St. Charles, MO: The boatmen paddle the 48 miles to St. Charles from La Charrette. They passed 12 canoes of Kickapoos ascending on a hunting expedition. “The party rejoiced at the sight of this hospitable village”...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 20, 1806, La Charrette, MO: The crew reached the small french settlement after 68 more miles of paddling. Two Scottish traders were there and fed Lewis & Clark their first beef since their departure. “every person, both French and...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 19th, 1806, The Return: Determined to make the first french village (The Missouri River & Osage River Confluence) by the next day, the men paddle hard the entire day for 72 miles. Many have swollen, painfully red cheeks, and 3 have their eyeballs...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 18, 1806, The Return – Lamine River, MO: The main party catches up to the hunters near the Grand River and find that they had killed nothing. The men declare they can live on pawpaw fruit until they reach the first white settlement 150 river...
