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 1894-5-6, by Order of the
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

A NEW EDITION,

FAITHFULLY REPRINTED FROM THE ONLY AUTHORIZED EDITION OF 1814, WITH COPIOUS
CRITICAL COMMENTARY, PREPARED UPON EXAMINATION OF UNPublished
OFFICIAL ARCHIVES AND MANY OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION,
INCLUDING A DILIGENT STUDY OF THE

124

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS

AND

FIELD NOTEBOOKS OF THE EXPLORERS,

TOGETHER WITH

A New Biographical and Bibliographical Introduction, New Maps
and other Illustrations, and a Complete Index,

BY

ELLIOTT COUES,

Late Captain and Assistant Surgeon, United States Army,
Late Secretary and Naturalist, United States Geological Survey,
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, etc.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. I.

NEW YORK.

FRANCIS P. HARPER.

917.8
2670

COPYRIGHT, 1893,

BY

FRANCIS P. HARPER.

All rights reserved.

Replacement for

A14884