01874cam a2200301 a 4500 rc 01000378 DLC 20260227111859.0 840928s1847 ohu 000 0deng rc 01000378 DLC DLC DLC n-us-or n-usp-- F880 .P17 Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881. Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains : to the mouth of the Columbia River, made during the years 1845 and 1846 / by Joel Palmer. Cincinnati : J.A. & U.P. James, 1847. iv, 9-189 p. ; 20 cm. "Containing minute descriptions of the valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua, and Clamet; a general description of Oregon Territory, its inhabitants, climate, soil, productions, etc., etc.; a list of necessary outfits for emigrants; and a table of distances from camp to camp on the route; also a letter from the Rev. H.H. Spalding, resident missionary for the last ten years among the Nez Percé Tribe of Indians on the Koos-koos-kee River ; the organic laws of of Oregon Territory; tables of about 300 words of the Chinook Jargon, and about 200 words of the Nez Percé Language; a description of Mount Hood; incidents of travel, &c., &c." First issue, with readings "sandy plain" (p. 31, line 7 from bottom), and "The company own [sic] from six to eight mills above the fort" (p. 121, line 4 from bottom). Cf. Wagner-Camp. Wagner-Camp (4th ed.), 136:1 Errata slip tipped in before p. 189. LC copy rebound, includes brown paper wrappers. DLC Oregon Description and travel. West (U.S.) Description and travel. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific. Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874. 51795 51795