Timeline

Documenting Lewis and Clark – 1806, The Return Home

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Original map used with permission from the Oregon Historical Society

Map: Samuel Lewis created this map in 1814 from information supplied to him by William Clark. It is evident that it is slightly different than the one we are used to, but considering it was created without the benefit of Global Positioning Satellites it is exceptional for its time.

Start from the Beginning of the Return Home...

Listing of 1806 Timeline Entries

The following timeline is not meant to be a complete one of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but rather a glimpse at some of the experiences they had on the journey home in what would later become the state of Montana.

• June 30-July 3: Traveler's Rest

Lewis's Party

• July 15-16: Lewis Splits His Party
• July 22-25: Camp Disappointment
• July 26-27: Two Medecine River
• July 28: Lewis, Drouillard, Rueben And Joseph Field Rejoin Sergeant Ordway At The Falls Of The Missouri.
• August 4: Ordway And Willard's Canoe Adventure

Clark's Party

• July 13: Clark And Ordway Split At Three Forks
• July 19-24: Clark Sets Out Down The Yellowstone By Canoe And Sergeant Pryor Heads Overland Along With Two Other Men And The Horses.
• July 25: Clark Names Pompey's Pillar
• July 26 (recorded August 8): Sergeant Pryor, Shannon, Hall, And Windsor Rejoin Captain Clark On The Missouri In Present Day North Dakota
• August 4: Clark decides to leave the confluence of the yellowstone and missouri and meet Lewis further down river due to the ferocity of the mosquitoes and the lack of buffalo.

Reunited

• August 12: Lewis and Clark reunited on the Missouri River.

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