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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... rise above each other , till the most distant mingles with the clouds . After traveling twelve miles they again met the river , where there was a handsome plain of cottonwood ; though it was not sunset , and they had only come 27 miles ...
... rise above each other , till the most distant mingles with the clouds . After traveling twelve miles they again met the river , where there was a handsome plain of cottonwood ; though it was not sunset , and they had only come 27 miles ...
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... rising perpendicularly to the height of 250 feet , formed of yellow clay , and the tops seemed to be level plains . Finding that the river here bore considerably to the south , and fearful of passing the falls before reaching the Rocky ...
... rising perpendicularly to the height of 250 feet , formed of yellow clay , and the tops seemed to be level plains . Finding that the river here bore considerably to the south , and fearful of passing the falls before reaching the Rocky ...
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... rise only a few feet above the water ; when the river is high the stream finds a channel across them 40 yards wide and near the higher parts of the ledge , which then rise about 20 feet and terminate abruptly within 80 or 90 yards of ...
... rise only a few feet above the water ; when the river is high the stream finds a channel across them 40 yards wide and near the higher parts of the ledge , which then rise about 20 feet and terminate abruptly within 80 or 90 yards of ...
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... rising from the falls . This solitary bird could not escape the observation of the Indians , who made the eagle's nest a part of their description of the falls , which now proves to be correct in almost every particular , except that ...
... rising from the falls . This solitary bird could not escape the observation of the Indians , who made the eagle's nest a part of their description of the falls , which now proves to be correct in almost every particular , except that ...
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... rising in a mountain to the southeast , 12 or 15 miles distant , and at this time covered with snow . As it is the channel for the melted snow of that mountain , we called it Snow " river . Oppo- site its entrance is another island ; at ...
... rising in a mountain to the southeast , 12 or 15 miles distant , and at this time covered with snow . As it is the channel for the melted snow of that mountain , we called it Snow " river . Oppo- site its entrance is another island ; at ...
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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.