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Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Volume 1, Parts 1 & 2
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Details
- Creator
- edited, with introduction, notes, and index, by Reuben Gold Thwaites
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- North Scituate, MA, USA : Digital Scanning, Incorporated, 2001
- Digital Scanning, Incorporated
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (507 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781582188560, 1582188564, 1582186618
- OCLC
- ocm55638415
- Intro -- ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION VOLUME ONE. -- PART I -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTENTS TO PART I -- PREVIOUS EXPLORATIONS -- Spain -- New France -- England -- Missouri River Expeditions -- French Traders and Trappers -- Jefferson's Dream -- Proposition to G. R. Clark -- Ledyard's Project -- Armstrong's Attempt -- The Michaux Plan -- On the Northwest Coast -- Congressional Aid Secured -- MERIWETHER LEWIS -- Early Years -- Military Experiences -- Selected to Command Expedition -- In Training -- WILLIAM CLARK -- A Notable Family -- Military Services -- Lewis's Invitation -- THE EXPEDITION -- The Louisiana Purchase -- Personelle . -- At River Dubois Camp . -- The First Season -- At Fort Clatsop . -- The Return . -- THE STORY OF LEWIS AND CLARK'S JOURNALS -- Jefferson's Concern -- The Various Journals -- Journalizing Methods -- The First News -- Gass's Journal -- Lewis's Prospectus, 1807 -- Delayed by Public Duties -- Lewis's Death -- Clark Engages Biddle -- Biddle at Work -- Wanted : A Publisher -- A Publisher Found -- Paul Allen's Revision -- A Profitless Undertaking -- Difficulty of Biddle's Task -- Barton's Proposed Work -- A Successful Paraphrase -- Jefferson Dissatisfied -- Jefferson's Search for Original Journals -- Biddle Surrenders Note-books -- Used by Coues -- Coues's Report on Codices -- Philosophical Society concludes to publish -- Search for Ordway Journal -- The Voorhis Collection -- Clark Journals -- Miscellaneous Materials -- Maps -- An Interesting Query -- Neglected Manuscripts -- Pryor, Floyd, Frazier, and Woodhouse Journals . -- All Records now in Sight -- A New View of Lewis and Clark -- Editorial Problems -- Acknowledgments -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA. -- INTRODUCTORY -- JEFFERSON'S MESSAGE -- COUNTERFEIT PUBLICATIONS -- GASS -- GENUINE HISTORY -- MISCELLANEA
- THE ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF CAPTAINS MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK THE JOURNALS -- CHAPTER I. FROM RIVER DUBOIS TO THE PLATTE -- CHAPTER II. FROM THE PLATTE TO VERMILION RIVER -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PART I -- Portrait of Meriwether Lewis, from the original oil painting by Rembrandt Peale at Independence Hall, Philadelphia . -- Sketch Map of Trail to John Hay's Winter Station on the Assiniboin River (text cut) -- Snags on the Missouri River -- Indian Utensils and Arms -- Manuscript Page, by Clark, dated May I0, I 804 -- Manuscript Page, dated May 14, 1804, giving Clark's Start from River Dubois -- Receipt given by Capt. Amos Stoddard to Don Carlos Dehault Delassus -- Manuscript Page, dated May 20, 1804, giving Lewis's Start from St. Louis -- Washinga Sahba's Grave on Blackbird's Hill -- Encampment of Travellers on the Missouri River -- Figure Painted on Rock -- Wahk-Ta-Ge-Li, a Sioux Warrior -- Fort Pierre, on the Missouri River -- Horse Racing of Sioux Indians -- Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief -- PART II -- CONTENTS TO PART II -- CHAPTER III. FROM THE VERMILION TO TETON RIVER -- CHAPTER IV. FROM TETON RIVER TO THE MANDANS -- CHAPTER V. AMONG THE MANDANS -- CHAPTER VI. AMONG THE MANDANS -- CHAPTER VII. FROM FORT MANDAN TO THE YELLOWSTONE -- CHAPTER VIII. FROM THE YELLOWSTONE TO THE MUSSELSHELL -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PART II -- Abdih-Hiddisch, a Minatarre Chief -- Punka Indians, on the Missouri River -- Sketch Plan of Fortification -- Pachtuwa-Chta, an Arrikkara Warrior -- Mindeh-Pahchu, a young Mandan Indian. -- Page from the Orderly Book, signed by both Lewis and Clark -- A Mandan Village -- Manuscript Page by Clark, dated Dec. 24, 1804 -- Noipeh, an Assiniboin Indian -- War Hatchet (text cut) -- Battle Axe (text cut) -- Offering of the Mandan Indians -- Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief
- Sketch Map by Clark of Red and St. Peters Rivers -- Dance of Mandan Women -- Idols of the Mandan Indians -- Manuscript Page, by Lewis, dated Apr. I 8, 1805 -- Dog Sledge of the Mandan Indians -- Scalp Dance of the Minatarre Indians -- Winter Village of the Minatarre Indians -- Junction of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers -- Tree Tombs of the Assiniboin Indians