History of the Expedition of Captain Lewis and Clark, 1804 5 6: Reprinted from the Edition of 1814, Volume 1A. C. McClurg & Company, 1902 - Columbia River |
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... yesterday and last night , ceased this morning . We then proceeded , and after passing two small islands about ten miles farther , stopped for the night at Piper's landing , opposite another island . The water is here very rapid and the ...
... yesterday and last night , ceased this morning . We then proceeded , and after passing two small islands about ten miles farther , stopped for the night at Piper's landing , opposite another island . The water is here very rapid and the ...
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... yesterday and to - day about two feet . On the banks of the Kanzas reside the Indians of the same name , consisting of two villages , one at about twenty , the other forty leagues from its mouth , and amounting to about three hun- * A ...
... yesterday and to - day about two feet . On the banks of the Kanzas reside the Indians of the same name , consisting of two villages , one at about twenty , the other forty leagues from its mouth , and amounting to about three hun- * A ...
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... yesterday a num- ber of young swans . We saw a large rat , and killed a wolf . Another of our men had a stroke of the sun ; he was bled , and took a preparation of nitre which relieved him con- siderably . July 8. We set out early , and ...
... yesterday a num- ber of young swans . We saw a large rat , and killed a wolf . Another of our men had a stroke of the sun ; he was bled , and took a preparation of nitre which relieved him con- siderably . July 8. We set out early , and ...
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... yesterday an animal called by the Pawnees chocartoosh , and by the French , blai- reau , or badger . The evening is cool , yet the musquitoes are still very troublesome . Vol . 1-7 We waited with much anxiety the return of our messenger ...
... yesterday an animal called by the Pawnees chocartoosh , and by the French , blai- reau , or badger . The evening is cool , yet the musquitoes are still very troublesome . Vol . 1-7 We waited with much anxiety the return of our messenger ...
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... yesterday he stepped nine hundred and seventy - four yards , and the distance we had come round was eighteen miles and three - quarters . The river is wider and shallower than usual . Four miles beyond this bend a bluff begins , and ...
... yesterday he stepped nine hundred and seventy - four yards , and the distance we had come round was eighteen miles and three - quarters . The river is wider and shallower than usual . Four miles beyond this bend a bluff begins , and ...
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Page 404 - Sacajawea was sent for; she came into the tent, sat down, and was beginning to interpret, when, in the person of Cameahwait, she recognized her brother. She instantly jumped up, and ran and embraced him, throwing over him her blanket, and weeping profusely.
Page xlvi - The commerce which may be carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue, renders a knowledge of these people important. You will therefore endeavor to make yourself acquainted, as far as a diligent pursuit of your journey shall admit, with the names of the nations...
Page 211 - Captain Lewis, who was on shore with one hunter, met about eight o'clock two white bears. Of the strength and ferocity of this animal, the Indians had given us dreadful accounts : they never attack him but in parties of six or eight persons, and even then are often defeated with the loss of one or more of their number.
Page l - As you will be without money, clothes, or provisions, you must endeavour to use the credit of the United States to obtain them, for which purpose open letters of credit shall be furnished you, authorizing you to draw on the executive of the United States, or any of its officers, in any part of the world. on which draughts can be disposed of, and to apply with our recommendations to the consuls, agents, merchants, or citizens of any nation with which we have intercourse, assuring them, in our name,...
Page xlvi - The interesting points of the portage between the heads of the Missouri & the water offering the best communication with the Pacific Ocean should also be fixed by observation, & the course of that water to the ocean, in the same manner as that of the Missouri.
Page xlvi - Beginning at the mouth of the Missouri, you will take observations of latitude and longitude at all remarkable points on the river, & especially at the mouths of rivers, at rapids, at islands & other places & objects distinguished by such natural marks & characters of a durable kind, as that they may with certainty be recognized hereafter.
Page xlv - Your situation as Secretary of the President of the United States has made you acquainted with the objects of my confidential message of...
Page iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 388 - Captain Lewis returned from the river to his lodge, and on his way an Indian invited him into his bower and gave him a small morsel of boiled antelope and a piece of fresh salmon roasted. This was the first salmon he had seen, and perfectly satisfied him that he was now on the waters of the Pacific.
Page 7 - Vermillion river, a branch of the Arkansaw. In person the Osages are among the largest and best formed Indians, and are said to possess fine military capacities ; but residing as they do in villages, and having made considerable advance in agriculture, they seem less addicted to war than their northern neighbours, to whom the use of rifles gives a great superiority.