Departure from Fort Clatsop — Heading Home
On March 23, 1806, the Corps of Discovery departed Fort Clatsop on the Oregon coast, ending a wet 106-day winter stay that had lasted since December 7, 1805. Lewis dryly noted they had lived as well as could be expected. Before leaving, he posted a notice on the fort wall listing expedition members and their route, hoping a trading vessel might find it, and gave a copy to Clatsop chief Coboway. The homeward journey ahead would bring a planned split of the party and later violent incidents.
After a wet, miserable winter on the Oregon coast, the expedition began the long journey home. Lewis reflected on their 106 days at Fort Clatsop with characteristic understatement.
“At this place we had wintered and remained from the 7th of Deer. 1805 to this day, and have lived as well as we had any right to expect.”
Before departing, Lewis posted a notice on the fort wall listing the expedition members and their route — hoping it might be found by any trading vessel that visited the coast. He also gave a copy to the Clatsop chief Coboway.
The return journey would prove faster but no less eventful, including the decision to split into two parties to explore more territory, Lewis’s violent encounter with Blackfeet warriors, and his accidental shooting by one of his own men.
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After a wet, miserable winter on the Oregon coast, the expedition began the long journey home. Lewis reflected on their 106 days at Fort Clatsop with characteristic understatement.
"At this place we had wintered and remained from the 7th of December 1805 to this day, and have lived as well as we had any right to expect."
Before departing, Lewis posted a notice on the fort wall listing the expedition members and their route — hoping it might be found by any trading vessel that visited the coast. He also gave a copy to the Clatsop chief Coboway.
The return journey would prove faster but no less eventful, including the decision to split into two parties to explore more territory, Lewis's violent encounter with Blackfeet warriors, and his accidental shooting by one of his own men.
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