The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke : from St. Louis by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, to...
The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke : from St. Louis by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, to the Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by order of the government of the United States : containing the delineations of the manners, custome, religio, &c. of the Indians, compiled from various authentic sources, and original documents : and a summary of the statistical view of the Indian nations, from the official communication of Meriwether Lewis : illustrated with a map of the country, inhabited by the western tribes of Indians.
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London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.
Date
1809.
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RB/DS572.973/59
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English
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ix, 309 p., [1] leaf of plates : map ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1809.
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The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke : from St. Louis by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, to the Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by order of the government of the United States : containing the delineations of the manners, custome, religio, &c. of the Indians, compiled from various authentic sources, and original d...
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Includes vocabulary of the Knisteneaux (Cree) Indian language.
This work, purporting to be the account of Lewis and Clark's expedition, is in fact merely a compilation of bits and pieces already in print, including parts of Jefferson's Message of 1806, William Clark's letter from Saint Louis, segments of Patrick Gass's diary, a careful plagiarization of portions of Jonathan Carver's Travels, first published in...
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Sabin, 40827.
Wagner-Camp (4th ed.), 8:2.
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RB/DS572.973/59
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74VK3LPzvQKZ
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991023787689702626
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