during their trip west, they were going upstream. coming back they went downstream.
The cook for the Lewis & Clark expedition is burried in Franklin, California. He stayed here after the party went home. Franklin is west of I-5 North of Lodi, Ca.
The explorers began their journey home on March 23, 1806. On July 3, after crossing the Continental Divide, the Corps split into two teams so Lewis could explore the Marias River. Lewis and Clark stayed separated until they reached the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers on August 11. Once reunited, the Corps was able to return home quickly via the Missouri River. They reached St. Louis on September 23, 1806.
Their names were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and since I don't know which one you're asking about, I'll give both. Lewis died of two gunshot wounds at a roadside inn at Grinder's Stand, Hohenwald, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. He died the next morning on October 11, 1809. Clark died at age 69 on September 1, 1838, while at the home of his son, Meriwether Lewis Clark.
Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774, near Charlottesville, VA. William Clark was born on August 1, 1770, in Caroline County, VA.Three years after the expedition, Meriwether Lewis was serving as governor of Missouri Territory in 1809 and was on his way to Washington to clear his name, he stopped at Fort Pickering at the Chickasaw Bluffs. He was found in his rooms with two gunshot wounds. He died the next morning on October 11, 1809.Clark died at age 69 on September 1, 1838, while at the home of his son, Meriwether Lewis Clark. His cause of death is unknown and is only described as a "brief illness."
They were captured by Spanish, but were set free close to home.
1806
September 21, 1806
they arrived back home.
The Pacific Ocean.
They set out in May 1804 and they set back for home March 1806
because they had Sacajawea an Indian to guid them
After a while, people at home thought Lewis, Clark and the rest of the members of the Corps of Discoveries thought that they were dead.
He ate pie.
Lewis became Governor of the Louisiana territory and Clark became Governor of the Missouri territory
September 21,1806
Lewis and Clark had to sleep on there expedition because that was the only place they could sleep it is not like they can go to a home and sleep there thanks for reading and good luck to you
about 14 miles a day going against the current and about 60 on the way back home going with the current