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 1Pub by Bradford and Inskeep, 1814 - Columbia River |
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... streams of it , as , by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific ocean , whe- ther the Columbia , Oregan , Colorado , or any other river , may offer the most direct and practicable water - communi- cation across the ...
... streams of it , as , by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific ocean , whe- ther the Columbia , Oregan , Colorado , or any other river , may offer the most direct and practicable water - communi- cation across the ...
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... streams heading opposite to the waters of the Mis- souri , and running southwardly . Whether the dividing grounds between the Missouri and them are mountains or flat lands , what are their distance from the Missouri , the character of ...
... streams heading opposite to the waters of the Mis- souri , and running southwardly . Whether the dividing grounds between the Missouri and them are mountains or flat lands , what are their distance from the Missouri , the character of ...
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... stream running into the Jefferson . Captain Lewis and a small party having been unsuccessful in their first attempt , sẹt off a 328 second time in quest of the Shoshonces . CHAPTER XIV . Captain Lewis proceeds before the main body in ...
... stream running into the Jefferson . Captain Lewis and a small party having been unsuccessful in their first attempt , sẹt off a 328 second time in quest of the Shoshonces . CHAPTER XIV . Captain Lewis proceeds before the main body in ...
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... stream which empties itself into the Mississippi , opposite to the entrance of the Mis- souri . It is situated in latitude 38 ° 55 ′ 19 " north , and longitude from Greenwich , 89 ° 57'45 " . On both sides of the Mississippi the land ...
... stream which empties itself into the Mississippi , opposite to the entrance of the Mis- souri . It is situated in latitude 38 ° 55 ′ 19 " north , and longitude from Greenwich , 89 ° 57'45 " . On both sides of the Mississippi the land ...
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... stream of about twenty - five yards width : but the wind being ahead and the current rapid , we were unable to make more than thirteen miles to the mouth of the Osage river ; where we encamped and remained the following day , for the ...
... stream of about twenty - five yards width : but the wind being ahead and the current rapid , we were unable to make more than thirteen miles to the mouth of the Osage river ; where we encamped and remained the following day , for the ...
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Page ii - Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof...
Page xiii - Instruments for ascertaining, by celestial observations, the geography of the country through which you will pass, have been already provided. Light articles for barter and presents among the Indians, arms for your attendants, say for from...
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.
Page xi - In order to prepare the way, the message proposed the sending an exploring party to trace the Missouri to its source, to cross the highlands and follow the best water communication which offered itself from thence to the Pacific ocean.
Page xviii - To your own discretion, therefore, must be left the degree of danger you may risk and the point at which you should decline, only saying, we wish you to err on the side of your safety, and to bring back your party safe, even if it be with less information.
Page xii - Indian character, customs, and principles; habituated to the hunting life; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of objects already possessed; honest, disinterested, liberal, of sound understanding, and a fidelity to truth so scrupulous, that whatever he should report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves.
Page 213 - ... so closely that they threw aside their guns and .pouches and jumped down a perpendicular bank of twenty feet into the river ; the bear sprang after them, and was within a few feet of the hindmost when one of the hunters on shore shot him in the head and finally killed him; they dragged him to the shore, and found that eight balls had passed through him in different directions ; the bear was old and the meat tough, so that they took the skin only, and rejoined us at camp, where we had been as...
Page 256 - ... sound of a fall of water, and as he advanced a spray which seemed driven by the high southwest wind arose above the plain like a column of smoke and vanished in an instant. Towards this point...
Page xiv - The commerce which may be carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue, renders a knowledge of these people important. You will therefore endeavor to make yourself acquainted, as far as a diligent pursuit of your journey shall admit...
Page 231 - Indian or decoy, who leads them on at full speed towards the river, when suddenly securing himself in some crevice of the cliff which he had previously fixed on, the herd is left on the brink of the precipice: it is then in vain for the foremost to retreat or even to stop; they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, who, seeing no danger but from the hunters, goad on those before them till the whole are precipitated and the shore is strewed with their dead bodies.