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Title History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark. Volume II / [edited by] Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

Publication Info. New York : SNOVA, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource (407 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series American history, cullture and literature.
American History, Culture and Literature.
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Preface* -- Chapter 1 -- The Party Proceed in Canoes-Description of an Indian Sweating Bath and Burial Place-Many Dangerous Rapids Passed-Narrow Escape of One of the Canoes-In the Passage Down They Are Visited by Several Indians, All of Whom Manifest Pacific Dispositions-Desc... -- Chapter 2 -- The Party in Their Passage Still Visited by the Indians-Lepage's River Described-Immense Quantities of Salmon Caught by the Indians-Description of the River Towahnahiooks-Indian Mode of Stacking Fish, and Preparing Them for Market-Description of the ...
Description of an Indian Burial-Place- The Rapids Passed in Safety -- Chapter 3 -- First Appearance of Tide Water in the Columbia River-Description of the Quicksand River-Some Account of the Skilloot Indians-The Party Pass the River Coweliske-Some Account of the Washkiacum Indians-Arrival on the Borders of the Pacific-Disagree... -- Chapter 4
Extravagant Passion of the Natives for Blue Beads, Which Constitute Amongst Them the Circulating Medium of the Country-The Party Still in Search of a Suitable Place for Winter Quarters-Still Suffering from the Constant Deluges of Rain-Are Visited by... -- Chapter 5 -- A Party, Headed by Captain Clarke, Go in Quest of a Whale Driven on the Shore of the Pacific to Obtain Some of the Oil-They Pass Clatsop River, Which Is Described- The Perilous Nature of This Jaunt, and the Grandeur of the Scenery Described-Indian M... -- Chapter 6
An Account of the Clatsops, Killamucks, Chinnooks and Cathlamahs-Their Uniform Custom of Flattening the Forehead- The Dress of These Savages, and Their Ornaments, Described-The Licensed Prostitution of the Women, Married and Unmarried, of Which a Lud... -- Chapter 7 -- A General Description of the Beasts, Birds and Plants, &C. Found by the Party in This Expedition -- Chapter 8
Difficulty of Procuring Means of Subsistence for the Party-They Determine to Resume Their Journey to the Mountains-They Leave in the Hands of the Indians aWritten Memorandum, Importing Their Having Penetrated to the Pacific, Through the Route of ... -- Chapter 9 -- Description of Wappatoo Island, and the Mode in Which the Nations Gather Wappatoo-The Character of the Soil and Its Productions-The Numerous Tribes Residing in Its Vicinity-The Probability That They Were All of the Tribe of the Multnomahs Originally... -- Chapter 10
Note Captain Clarke Procures Four Horses for the Transportation of the Baggage-Some Further Account of the Skilloot Tribe-Their Joy at the First Appearance of Salmon in the Columbia-Their Thievish Propensities-The Party Arrive at the Village of the Enee...
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Subject Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
Travel.
Clark, William, 1770-1838 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Clark, William, 1770-1838.
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
Clark, William, 1770-1838.
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) -- Journals.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Missouri River -- Description and travel.
Missouri River.
Missouri River Region.
Columbia River -- Description and travel.
West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.
United States -- Columbia River.
West United States.
Chronological Term To 1848
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809, editor.
Clark, William, 1770-1838, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Lewis, Meriwether History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark. Volume II New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated,c2021 9781536190588
ISBN 1536191663
9781536191660 (electronic book)