Always wondered Why they didn’t stay in
Oregon a wait for a Ship to pass by ???
They returned Eastward with St. Louis as their destination.
From St Louis they had clear pathways to Cincinnati and Fort Pitt/Pittsburg, via the Buffalo Trace and the George Rogers Clark route across the prarie from Kaskaskia to Vincennes. Logbook/diary entries
*here*. Or it could be they just wanted to get back to St Louis for the start of the Cardinals' baseball season at Busch Stadium....