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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... route from Missourian to Colum- bian waters , being nearly that taken by Captain Lewis in returning , in 1806 , from certain waters ( Big Blackfoot river ) of the Columbia to the Falls direct . 34 Shown on the map of the falls , below ...
... route from Missourian to Colum- bian waters , being nearly that taken by Captain Lewis in returning , in 1806 , from certain waters ( Big Blackfoot river ) of the Columbia to the Falls direct . 34 Shown on the map of the falls , below ...
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... route most prac- ticable for the portage . The first day , the 17th , he was occupied in measuring the heights and distances along the banks of the river , and slept near a ravine at the foot of the Crooked falls , having very narrowly ...
... route most prac- ticable for the portage . The first day , the 17th , he was occupied in measuring the heights and distances along the banks of the river , and slept near a ravine at the foot of the Crooked falls , having very narrowly ...
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... route of the portage , till he reached a large ravine , which would oblige us to make the portage farther from the river . After this , there being no other obstacle , he went to the [ Missouri ] river where [ oppo- site mouth of ...
... route of the portage , till he reached a large ravine , which would oblige us to make the portage farther from the river . After this , there being no other obstacle , he went to the [ Missouri ] river where [ oppo- site mouth of ...
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... route , a part of the baggage was carried across the creek into the high plain , three miles in advance , and placed on one of the carriages with truck - wheels . The rest of the party were employed in drying meat and dressing elk ...
... route , a part of the baggage was carried across the creek into the high plain , three miles in advance , and placed on one of the carriages with truck - wheels . The rest of the party were employed in drying meat and dressing elk ...
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... route , so as to shorten the Portage con- siderably , and marked it with stakes . He arrived there in time to have two of the canoes carried up in the high plain , about a mile in advance . Here they all repaired their moc- casins , and ...
... route , so as to shorten the Portage con- siderably , and marked it with stakes . He arrived there in time to have two of the canoes carried up in the high plain , about a mile in advance . Here they all repaired their moc- casins , and ...
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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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