History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. By Order of the Government of the United States, Volume 2Pub by Bradford and Inskeep, 1814 - Columbia River |
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... soon as the Indians re- turn from the plains on both sides of the river , where our chief informs us they are now hunting the antelope . Near each of these houses is a small collection of graves , the bu- rial places of those who ...
... soon as the Indians re- turn from the plains on both sides of the river , where our chief informs us they are now hunting the antelope . Near each of these houses is a small collection of graves , the bu- rial places of those who ...
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... soon became crowded with rough black rocks , till at the distance of a mile it forms . a rapid which continues for four miles , and during the lat- ter part of it for a mile and a half , the whole river is com- pressed into a narrow ...
... soon became crowded with rough black rocks , till at the distance of a mile it forms . a rapid which continues for four miles , and during the lat- ter part of it for a mile and a half , the whole river is com- pressed into a narrow ...
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... soon after in passing two small rocky islands , one of the canoes struck a rock , but was prevented from upsetting , and fortunately we all arrived safe at the lower end of the rapid . Here we dined , and then proceeded , and soon reach ...
... soon after in passing two small rocky islands , one of the canoes struck a rock , but was prevented from upsetting , and fortunately we all arrived safe at the lower end of the rapid . Here we dined , and then proceeded , and soon reach ...
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... soon filled ; they got out on the rock and held her above water with great exertion , till ano- ther canoe was unloaded and sent to her relief ; but they could not prevent a great deal of her baggage from floating down the stream . As soon ...
... soon filled ; they got out on the rock and held her above water with great exertion , till ano- ther canoe was unloaded and sent to her relief ; but they could not prevent a great deal of her baggage from floating down the stream . As soon ...
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... Soon after leaving this point of rocks , we enter- ed a narrow channel formed by the projecting cliffs of the bank , which rise nearly perpendicular from the water . The river is not however rapid , but gentle and smooth during its ...
... Soon after leaving this point of rocks , we enter- ed a narrow channel formed by the projecting cliffs of the bank , which rise nearly perpendicular from the water . The river is not however rapid , but gentle and smooth during its ...
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abundant animal appearance bark berry black alder branch brant brown buffaloe camp canoes captain Clarke captain Lewis Cataract river chief Chinnooks Chopunnish Clarke's river Clatsops colour Columbia common cottonwood covered creek crossed deer dians distance ducks eight encamped entrance fallow deer falls feet fish fort Clatsop four geese grass half halted hills horses houses hundred hunt hunters inches Indians inhabitants island Killamucks killed Kooskooskee land last night Lewis's river Mandans Missouri morning mount Hood mount Jefferson mouth Multnomah nation natives neighbourhood Northwest company o'clock party passed pine plains prairie proceeded procure quamash quantities rain rapid reached resembling reside returned Ricaras rocks Rocky mountains roots route salmon sandbar sandhill crane seen shore side skins snow soon southwest species tail three miles timber trade tribe village visited wappatoo Wappatoo island weather wind yards wide
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Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 135 - The treatment of women is often considered as the standard by which the moral qualities of savages are to be estimated. Our own observation, however, induced us to think that the importance of the female in savage life has no necessary relation to the virtues of the men, but is regulated wholly by their capacity to be useful. The Indians, whose treatment of the females is mildest, and who pay most deference to their opinions, are by no means the most distinguished for their virtues ; nor is this...
Page 22 - It stands east and west, and neither of the extremities are closed. On entering the western end we observed a number of bodies wrapped carefully in leather robes, and arranged in rows on boards, which were then covered with a mat. This was the part destined for those who had...
Page 386 - ... of a light-coloured gritty rock. The soil of the top is five or six feet deep, of a good quality, and covered with short grass. The Indians have carved the figures of animals and other objects on the sides of the rock, and on the top are raised two piles of stones.
Page 278 - The usual outhouse, or retiring hut for females, is not omitted. Their chief subsistence is roots, and the noise made by the women in pounding them gives the hearer the idea of a nail factory. Yet...
Page 57 - After being so long accustomed to the dreary nakedness of the country above. the change is as grateful to the eye, as it is useful in supplying us with fuel. Four miles from the village is a point of land on the right, where the hills become lower, but are still thickly timbered. The river is now about two miles wide, the current smooth and gentle, and the effect of the tide has been sensible since leaving the rapid.
Page 2 - States or in the Rocky mountains. It was a hollow square of six or eight feet deep, formed in the river bank by damming up with mud the other three sides, and covering the whole completely except an aperture about two feet wide at the top. The bathers descend by this hole, taking with them a number of heated stones and jugs of water; and after being seated round the room, throw the water on the stones till the steam becomes of a temperature sufficiently high for their purposes.
Page 163 - Indians prize more highly than horses. An elegant horse may be purchased of the natives for a few beads or other paltry trinkets which in the United States would not cost more than one or two dollars. The abundance and cheapness of horses will be extremely advantageous to those who may hereafter attempt the fur trade to the East Indies, by the way of Columbia river and the Pacific ocean.
Page 509 - The thunder and lightning of the last evening was violent, a singular occurrence for the time of year; the loss of my thermometer I most sincerely regret. I am confident that the climate here, is much warmer than in the same parallel of latitude on the Atlantic ocean, though how many degrees it is now out of my power to determine.
Page 433 - Observations and reflections on the present and future state of Upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations inhabiting that country, and the trade and intercourse with the same.