History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis & Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the United States. A Complete Reprint of the Biddle Ed. of 1814, to which All the Members of the Expedition Contributed, with an Account of the Louisiana Purchase, Volume 1A.S. Barnes and Company, 1904 - Columbia River |
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animal antelopes ascended Assiniboins banks bear beautiful plain beaver bend bluffs boat brown bear buffalo called camp canoes captain Clark captain Lewis channel Chayenne chief chokecherry cliffs cloudy cold colour cottonwood course covered deer encamped falls five miles fork four miles half miles herds hills horses hundred yards hunters hunting inches Indians killed large island low grounds Mahas Mandans meridian altitude miles further miles we reached Minnetarees Missouri morning mountains mouth nation north side northwest o'clock observed opposite Osage Osage river party Pawnees periogue plain Porcupine river prairie prickly pear proceeded pumicestone quantities rain rapid returned Ricaras river rocks Rocky Rocky mountains sand sandbars seen sent shore Sioux skin small creek small island snow souri south side southeast stream three miles timber tion to-day tribe twenty village weather willow island wind wood yards wide yesterday