Author:

Skarsten, M. O  Search this

Subject:

Drouillard, George  Search this

Lewis and Clark Expedition  Search this

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)  Search this

Physical description:

356 pages facsimiles, 2 folded maps 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

West (U.S.)

West United States

Date:

1964

Notes:

ANTH copy 39088009329079 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Library of John C. Ewers.

Contents:

Preface -- With Lewis and Clark. A promising recruit ; No positive bargain ; Anchor's aweigh ; Westward bound ; Desertion ; Enter, the Redmen ; The Tetons ; Danger ahead ; In search of the Redmen ; A Shoshone chieftain ; Among the Shoshone ; Across the Bitterroots to the Nez Percé ; Down the Columbia ; Inclement weather ; Fort Clatsop ; Horse traders ; Camp Chopunnish ; The Bitterroots ; Trailing the horse thieves ; Encounter with the Blackfeet ; Drouillard and the expedition : an appraisal -- Fur trading ventures. First fur trading venture ; Reconnoitering for customers ; The grip of the law ; Second fur trading venture ; The Three Forks ; The prairie wind -- Appendix A: Indian sign language -- Appendix B: The squall on May 14, 1805 -- Appendix C: The grizzly -- Appendix D: The crossed-out sentence -- Appendix E: Crossing the Bitterroots -- Appendix F: Litigations

Topic:

Fur trade  Search this

Discoveries in geography  Search this

Discovery and exploration  Search this

Call number:

F592.7.D78 S6

F592.7.D78S6

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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