History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and ClarkElliot Coues Cosimo, Inc., 1 сент. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 476 It is one of the grandest adventures in American history, and this is the premiere retelling of it. When explorers MERIWETHER LEWIS (1774-1809) and WILLIAM CLARK (1770-1838) embarked on their continent-spanning journey across North America in 1804, they also began keeping daily journals full of detailed accounts of their travels and keen observations of the wildlife, flora, and native peoples they encountered. But it wasn't until 1893 that those journals were edited into this definitive presentation. That four-volume 1893 work is here presented in its entirety in three volumes, and including all of editor Elliot Coues's explanatory notes, chapter synopses, and more. Volume II features the expedition's forging of the mighty Columbia River, encounters with Shoshone, Tillamook, and Chinnook Indians, and much more. As thrilling as it is informative, this is essential reading for anyone fascinated by the opening of the American frontier. American doctor, historian, ornithologist, and author ELLIOTT COUES (1842-1899) helped create the taxonomic nomenclature still in use by zoologists. He wrote the foundational Key to North American Birds (1872) and edited The Travels of Zebulon M. Pike (1895). |
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... opposite an island , and spent the night in an old Indian camp . The bluffs under which we passed were composed of a blackish clay and coal for about 80 feet , above which for 30 or 40 feet is a brownish - yellow earth . The river is ...
... opposite an island , and spent the night in an old Indian camp . The bluffs under which we passed were composed of a blackish clay and coal for about 80 feet , above which for 30 or 40 feet is a brownish - yellow earth . The river is ...
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... opposite a large gravelly bar . Here the man [ J. Fields ] sent by Captain Lewis joined us , with the pleasing intelligence that he [ Lewis ] had discovered the falls , and was convinced that the course we were pursuing was that of the ...
... opposite a large gravelly bar . Here the man [ J. Fields ] sent by Captain Lewis joined us , with the pleasing intelligence that he [ Lewis ] had discovered the falls , and was convinced that the course we were pursuing was that of the ...
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... opposite an island and a bluff ; 14 miles further , after passing some red bluffs , we came - to on the north side , having made twelve miles . Here we found a rapid so difficult that we did not think proper to attempt the passage this ...
... opposite an island and a bluff ; 14 miles further , after passing some red bluffs , we came - to on the north side , having made twelve miles . Here we found a rapid so difficult that we did not think proper to attempt the passage this ...
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... opposite bank of the river to water ; they seem also to make much use of the mineral water of Sulphur spring , but whether from choice , or because it is more convenient than the river , we cannot determine , as they sometimes pass near ...
... opposite bank of the river to water ; they seem also to make much use of the mineral water of Sulphur spring , but whether from choice , or because it is more convenient than the river , we cannot determine , as they sometimes pass near ...
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... opposite the head of which he camped , near the mouth of a creek ** [ Flattery run ] , which appeared to rise in the South moun- tains . These three islands are opposite each other ; he gave them the name of the Whitebear islands , from ...
... opposite the head of which he camped , near the mouth of a creek ** [ Flattery run ] , which appeared to rise in the South moun- tains . These three islands are opposite each other ; he gave them the name of the Whitebear islands , from ...
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CONTENTS | 401 |
CHAPTER XII | 414 |
CHAPTER XIII | 446 |
CHAPTER XIV | 476 |
CHAPTER XV | 508 |
CHAPTER XVI | 541 |
CHAPTER XVII | 571 |
CHAPTER XIX | 653 |
CHAPTER XX | 687 |
CHAPTER XXI | 718 |
CHAPTER XXII | 747 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 773 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 793 |
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Стр. 367 - I might be enabled to give to the enlightened world some just idea of this truly magnifficent and sublimely grand object, which has from the commencement of time been concealed from the view of civilized man; but this was fruitless and vain.