The Story of the Fort Clatsop

Lewis and ar used the time to learn what they could about the native american people who lived close to the fort. They were most struck by the chinook custom of flattening the skulls of their babies so that their heads became permanently elongated. When not studying the local tribes, the captains laid plans to help the united states stake its claim to the pacific northwest. The expedition had proven that this transcontinental river route existed only in jefferson's imagination. Lewis desperately wanted to return home with some good news for the president. So he and clark hatched a plan where they would split up the expedition into smaller groups then search for the fastest way to get from the missouri to