Fort Clatsop 10-16-09

Lewis and Clark were hoping to meet a traqding vessel on the Pacific to give them more beads and other trading items for their trip back, all of their beads tobacco and other trading goods were almost gone. In addition to the white and blue "padre" beads shown, the Corps also traded Lewis and Clark beads, a black or dark blue bead, oval, about 3/4 of an inch long with white or red swirls on it, sometimes called a feather bead.