| Title | 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 communications of Meriwether Lewis ; embellished with a map of the country inhabited by the western tribes of Indians, and five engravings of Indian chiefs.
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| Published | Philadelphia : Hubbard Lester, 1809.
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| Description | 300 p. : front. (fold. map) 5 pl. ; 19 cm.
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| General Note | Map wanting in copy one.
The earliest American edition of the spurious account of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It is made up of material taken principally from three sources: (A) Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red river and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, Washington, 1806; (B) Jonathan Carver's Travels through the interior parts of North America...in the years 1766,1767, and 1768; (C) Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage from Montreal...through the continent of North America in the years 1789 and 1793.
For detailed descriptions of contents of this and other spurious editions, cf. History of the expedition...of Lewis and Clark, ed. by Elliott Coues, 1893, v. 1, p. cviii-cxvii; and V. H. Paltaits' Bibliographical data, in Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, ed, by R. G. Thwaites, 1904, v. 1, p. ixvi-ixx.
Vocabulary of the Knisteneaux (Crees): p. 122-141.
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| Subjects | Cree language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Imprints, Early -- American -- To 1820.
Indians of North America.
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
United States -- Exploring expeditions.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
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| Other Authors | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
Clark, William, 1770-1838.
Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.
Mackenzie, Alexander, Sir, 1763-1820.
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| Organizations | United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson)
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| LC Card Number | rc00-1485 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 42.5 T78 Vault
mq169035 c.1: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
mq240641 c.3: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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