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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... yards wide , and is pressed in by a perpendicular cliff on the left , which rises to about 100 feet and extends up the stream for a mile ; on the right the bluff is also perpendi- ( p . 261 ) cular for 300 yards above the falls . For 90 ...
... yards wide , and is pressed in by a perpendicular cliff on the left , which rises to about 100 feet and extends up the stream for a mile ; on the right the bluff is also perpendi- ( p . 261 ) cular for 300 yards above the falls . For 90 ...
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... yards from the precipice . From the perpendicular cliff on the north , to the distance of 120 yards , the rocks 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 ...
... yards from the precipice . From the perpendicular cliff on the north , to the distance of 120 yards , the rocks 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 ...
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... yards wide , and for the dis- tance of 300 yards throws itself over to the depth of 19 feet , so irregularly that he gave it the name of the Crooked falls . From the southern shore it extends obliquely upward about 150 yards , and then ...
... yards wide , and for the dis- tance of 300 yards throws itself over to the depth of 19 feet , so irregularly that he gave it the name of the Crooked falls . From the southern shore it extends obliquely upward about 150 yards , and then ...
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... feet . The river is here 600 yards wide , but the descent is not immediately perpendicular , though the river falls generally with a regular and smooth sheet ; for about one - third of the descent a rock protrudes to a small distance ...
... feet . The river is here 600 yards wide , but the descent is not immediately perpendicular , though the river falls generally with a regular and smooth sheet ; for about one - third of the descent a rock protrudes to a small distance ...
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... wide level country the Missouri pursued its winding course , filled with water to its even and grassy banks , while , about four miles above , it was joined by a large ... yards , the bank of the river sloping and not more than three feet ...
... wide level country the Missouri pursued its winding course , filled with water to its even and grassy banks , while , about four miles above , it was joined by a large ... yards , the bank of the river sloping and not more than three feet ...
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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.