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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... whole party were of opinion that this river was the true Missouri ; but Captain Lewis , being fully per- suaded that it was neither the main stream , nor that which it would be advisable to ascend , gave it the name of Maria's 354 MISS ...
... whole party were of opinion that this river was the true Missouri ; but Captain Lewis , being fully per- suaded that it was neither the main stream , nor that which it would be advisable to ascend , gave it the name of Maria's 354 MISS ...
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... whole of the following day , June 7th , it rained , the wind being from the southwest , off the mountains ; yet the rivers are falling , and the thermometer is 40 ° above zero . The rain continued till the next day , June 8th , at ten o ...
... whole of the following day , June 7th , it rained , the wind being from the southwest , off the mountains ; yet the rivers are falling , and the thermometer is 40 ° above zero . The rain continued till the next day , June 8th , at ten o ...
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... whole body of water runs with great swiftness . A few small cedars grow near this ridge of rocks , which serves as a barrier to defend a small plain of about three acres , shaded with cottonwood , at the lower extremity of which is a ...
... whole body of water runs with great swiftness . A few small cedars grow near this ridge of rocks , which serves as a barrier to defend a small plain of about three acres , shaded with cottonwood , at the lower extremity of which is a ...
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... whole of the Missouri is suddenly stopped by one shelving rock , which , without a single niche , and with an edge as straight and regular as if formed by art , stretches itself from one side of the river to the other for at least a ...
... whole of the Missouri is suddenly stopped by one shelving rock , which , without a single niche , and with an edge as straight and regular as if formed by art , stretches itself from one side of the river to the other for at least a ...
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... whole river for a quarter of a mile , with a descent of 14 feet , though the perpendicular pitch was only six feet . This too , in any other neighborhood , would have been an object of great magnificence ; but after what he had just ...
... whole river for a quarter of a mile , with a descent of 14 feet , though the perpendicular pitch was only six feet . This too , in any other neighborhood , would have been an object of great magnificence ; but after what he had just ...
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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.