The Journals of Lewis and ClarkPenguin, 31 дек. 2002 г. - Всего страниц: 560 In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank—not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national "Voyage of Discovery" must be mounted to determine the nature and accessibility of the frontier. He commissioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead an intelligence-gathering expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back. From 1804 to 1806, Lewis, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, made the first trek across the Louisiana Purchase, mapping the rivers as he went, tracing the principal waterways to the sea, and establishing the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Together the captains kept a journal, a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the Indian tribes they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River. In keeping this record they made an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history. |
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Стр. xi
... present the personalities of the two men as polar opposites : Lewis as a brooding , romantic introvert , Clark an even - tempered , sociable extrovert . Clark's subsequently long and distinguished career as Superintendent of Indian ...
... present the personalities of the two men as polar opposites : Lewis as a brooding , romantic introvert , Clark an even - tempered , sociable extrovert . Clark's subsequently long and distinguished career as Superintendent of Indian ...
Стр. xvi
... present Bismarck , North Dakota , where the explorers spent their first winter , they sent back to Jef- ferson specimens of plants and animals never before seen in the United States , including roots , seeds , and cuttings of numerous ...
... present Bismarck , North Dakota , where the explorers spent their first winter , they sent back to Jef- ferson specimens of plants and animals never before seen in the United States , including roots , seeds , and cuttings of numerous ...
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... present their experience through conventional aesthetic forms and expres- sions , the explorers seem to let the wonder of the country and its incredible wildlife speak more and more through plain fact and events . The explorers do seem ...
... present their experience through conventional aesthetic forms and expres- sions , the explorers seem to let the wonder of the country and its incredible wildlife speak more and more through plain fact and events . The explorers do seem ...
Стр. xix
... present a counterimage to the mythical frontiersman alone in the wilderness . They are not alone in the wilderness . They are not the self - sufficient , independent , gunslinging Western loners so pop- ular in American fiction and film ...
... present a counterimage to the mythical frontiersman alone in the wilderness . They are not alone in the wilderness . They are not the self - sufficient , independent , gunslinging Western loners so pop- ular in American fiction and film ...
Стр. xxi
... present editor . References in footnotes to current names of towns and states are intended to help the reader trace the route of the expedition and to locate events and geographical features de- scribed in the journals . To this end ...
... present editor . References in footnotes to current names of towns and states are intended to help the reader trace the route of the expedition and to locate events and geographical features de- scribed in the journals . To this end ...
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Up the Missouri | 1 |
Meeting the Lakota | 35 |
Winter Among the Mandan | 71 |
The Great Unknown | 95 |
The Thundering Falls | 152 |
In Search of the Shoshone | 191 |
Across the Great Divide | 222 |
Down the Rapids | 289 |
Winter at Fort Clatsop | 326 |
The Start for Home | 369 |
Lewis Shortcut | 444 |
The Homestretch | 468 |
487 | |
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Стр. xxviii - Should you reach the Pacific ocean, inform yourself of the circumstances which may decide whether the furs of those parts may not be collected as advantageously at the head of the Missouri (convenient as is supposed to the waters of the Colorado and...
Стр. xxvii - Genevieve opposite Kaskaskia. From still further up the river the traders may furnish a conveyance for letters. Beyond that you may perhaps be able to engage Indians to bring letters for the government to Cahokia, or Kaskaskia, on promising that they shall there receive such special compensation as you shall have stipulated with them. Avail yourself of these means to communicate to us, at seasonable intervals, a copy of your journal, notes and observations of every kind.
Стр. xxv - And, considering the interest which every nation has in extending & strengthening the authority of reason & justice among the people around them, it will be useful...