Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

Travels of the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 3 Volume Set

Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806
Herausgeber: Rees, Thomas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804-1806 was of vital importance to the western expansion of the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1212
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 330mm x 252mm x 70mm
• Gewicht: 1152g
• ISBN-13: 9781108023818
• ISBN-10: 1108023819
• Artikelnr.: 34571209

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: 1. The party set out on the expedition, and pass Wood River; 2.
Some account of the Pawnee Indians; 3. Whimsical instance of superstition
of the Sioux Indians; 4. Council held with the Tetons; 5. Council held with
the Mandans; 6. The party increase in the favour of the Mandans; 7. Indian
method of attacking the buffaloe on the ice; 8. Unusual appearance of salt;
9. The party continue their route; 10. Return of Captain Lewis; 11.
Description and romantic appearance of the Missouri at the junction of the
Medicine River. Volume 2: 12. The party embark on board the canoes; 13. The
name of the Missouri changed, as the river now divides itself into three
forks, one of which is called after Jefferson, the other Madison, and the
other after Gallatin; 14. Captain Lewis proceeds before the main body in
search of the Shoshonees; 15. Affecting interview between the wife of
Chaboneau and the chief of the Shoshonees; 16. Contest between Drewyer and
a Shoshonee; 17. The party, after procuring horses from the Shoshonees,
proceed on their journey through the mountains; 18. The party proceed in
canoes; 19. The party in their passage still visited by the Indians; 20.
First appearance of tide water in the Columbia River; 21. Extravagant
passion of the natives for blue beads, which constitute amongst them the
circulating medium of the country; 22. A party, headed by Captain Clarke,
go in quest of a whale driven on the shore of the Pacific to obtain some of
its oil; 23. An account of the Clatsops, Killamucks, Chinnooks, and
Cathlamahs. Volume 3: 24. A general description of the beasts, birds, and
plants, &c. found by the party in this expedition; 25. Difficulty of
procuring means of subsistence for the party; 26. Description of Wappatoo
Island, and the mode in which the nations gather wappatoo; 27. Captain
Clarke procures four horses for the transportation of the baggage; 28. The
party still pursue their route towards the Kooskooskee on horseback, with
Wollawollah guides; 29. The party encamp amongst the Chopunnish; 30. The
party mingle in the diversions of the Willetpos Indians, a tribe hitherto
unnoticed; 31. The party proceed on their journey with their Indian guides,
and at length agree to divide, to take several routes, and to meet again at
the mouth of the Yellowstone River; 32. Captain Lewis and his party still
proceed on the route mentioned in the last chapter, and arrive at the forks
of Maria's River; 33. The party commanded by Captain Clarke, previous to
his being joined by Captain Lewis, proceed along Clarke's River, in
pursuance of the route mentioned in a preceding chapter; 34. Captain Clarke
proceeds with his party down the river; 35. The party, while descending the
river in their skin canoes, are overtaken by the detachment under Captain
Lewis, and the whole party, now once more happily united, descend the
Missouri together; 36. The party return in safety to St. Louis.