History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri River, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the United States, Հատոր 1F. P. Harper, 1893 - 1364 էջ |
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... wind and rain from going more than about three miles , when we camp- ( p . 5 ) ed on the upper point of an island , nearly opposite a creek which falls in on the south side . May 22d . We made about 18 miles , passing several small ...
... wind and rain from going more than about three miles , when we camp- ( p . 5 ) ed on the upper point of an island , nearly opposite a creek which falls in on the south side . May 22d . We made about 18 miles , passing several small ...
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... wind being favorable , we made 18 miles to - day . We passed in the morning several islands , the largest of which is Buffalo island , separated from the southern side by a small channel which receives the waters of Buffalo creek . On ...
... wind being favorable , we made 18 miles to - day . We passed in the morning several islands , the largest of which is Buffalo island , separated from the southern side by a small channel which receives the waters of Buffalo creek . On ...
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... wind and some hail . The river has been rising fast for two days , and the country around appears full of water . Along the sides of the river we observe much timber , the cottonwood , sycamore , hickory , white walnut , some grapevines ...
... wind and some hail . The river has been rising fast for two days , and the country around appears full of water . Along the sides of the river we observe much timber , the cottonwood , sycamore , hickory , white walnut , some grapevines ...
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... wind being ahead and the current rapid , we were unable to make more than 13 miles , to the mouth of the Osage river . Here we camped and remained the following day , for the purpose of making celestial ob- servations.20 The Osage ...
... wind being ahead and the current rapid , we were unable to make more than 13 miles , to the mouth of the Osage river . Here we camped and remained the following day , for the purpose of making celestial ob- servations.20 The Osage ...
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... wind forced us to remain there all the next day , [ June 11th ] , during which we dried the meat we had killed , and examined the surrounding country , which consists of good land , well watered , and supplied with timber . The prairies ...
... wind forced us to remain there all the next day , [ June 11th ] , during which we dried the meat we had killed , and examined the surrounding country , which consists of good land , well watered , and supplied with timber . The prairies ...
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History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To ..., Հատոր 1 Meriwether Lewis Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1893 |
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To ..., Հատոր 1 Meriwether Lewis,Elliott Coues Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1893 |
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To ..., Հատոր 1 Meriwether Lewis,Elliott Coues Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1893 |
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Apocrypha appears ARIKARA Assiniboins bank beaver bend BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION Biddle bluffs boat buffalo called camped Captain Clark Captain Lewis Cedar chief Clark's map course Dakota deer distance edition Expedition feet Fort Mandan French Governor Lewis hills horses hunters Indians Jefferson Journal July Kansas Kansas river Kaskaskia killed land large island letter Lewis and Clark Little Sioux river lodges Louis Louisiana low grounds Mahas Mandans MEMOIR OF MERIWETHER MEMOIR OF WILLIAM MERIWETHER LEWIS Milk river Minnetarees Mississippi Missouri morning mountains mouth nation Nicholas Biddle night north side o'clock opposite original Osage Pacific ocean party passed Patrick Gass Paul Allen Pawnees periogue plain Platte prairie present President returned Ricaras river sand-bars shore Siouan Sioux small creek south side Statistical View stream Teton river Tetons three miles timber to-day trade tribes village warriors WILLIAM CLARK wind Yanktons yards wide
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Էջ lxxiii - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Էջ lxxii - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Էջ 256 - We were now about to penetrate a country at least two thousand miles in width, on which the foot of civilized man had never trodden...
Էջ xxiv - The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, and such principal streams of it as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado, or any other river, may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across the continent, for the purposes of commerce.
Էջ 306 - They struck him several times, but, instead of weakening the monster, each shot seemed only to direct him towards the hunters, till at last he pursued two of them 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...
Էջ xxviii - 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.
Էջ xx - 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.
Էջ lxxii - States, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the Duties of that Office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the Powers, Privileges, and Emoluments to the same of Right appertaining, during the Pleasure of the President of the United States for the Time being.
Էջ xvi - Charlottesville, in the county of Albemarle, in Virginia, of one of the distinguished families of that state. John Lewis, one of his father's uncles, was a member of the king's council, before the Revolution. Another of them, Fielding Lewis, married a sister of General Washington. His father, William Lewis, was the youngest of five sons of Colonel Robert Lewis, of Albemarle, the fourth of whom, Charles, was one of the early patriots who stepped forward in the commencement of the Revolution, and commanded...
Էջ 10 - Indians, and are said to possess fine military capacities ; but, residing as they do in villages, and having made considerable advance in agriculture, they seem less addicted to war than their northern neighbours, to whom the use of rifles gives a great superiority. Among the peculiarities of this people, there is nothing more remarkable than the tradition relative to their origin. According to universal belief, the founder of the nation...