The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke : by order of the government of the United States, performed in the years 1804, 1805 & 1806, being upwards of three thousand miles, from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the Pacifick Ocean : containing an account of the Indian tribes, who inhabit the western part of the continent unexplored, and unknown before : with copious delineations of the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the Indians / compiled from various authentic sources and documents ; to which is subjoined a summary of the statistical view of the Indian nations from the official communication of Meriwether Lewis ; embellished with a map of the country inhabited by the western tribes of Indians, and five engravings of Indian chiefs.
| Uniform Title: | Indigenous Peoples: North America.
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Hubbard Lester,
1809.
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| Series: | Indigenous Peoples: North America.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, 1 map, portraits. |
| Variant Title: |
Travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke
Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Note: | 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, originally published in 1778, and sections of Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages. Cf. Wagner-Camp. Includes vocabulary of the Knisteneaux (Cree) Indian language. Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press. |
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