History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and 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 - Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.; Clark, William, 1770-1838.; Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844.; Allen, Paul, 1775-1826.; Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) (Philadelphia : Bradford and Inskeep ; New York : Abm. H. Inskeep, 1814)
Appendix contains: Observations and relfections on the present and future state of upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations ... -- A summary statement of the rivers, creeks, and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, etc. ... -- Estimate of the western Indians -- Thermometrical observations ... Remarks and reflections.
"Mr. [Nicholas] Biddle's name does not appear ... It is said, however, by Robert T. Conrad, that Mr. Biddle actually wrote the two volumes from Lewis and Clarke's notes"--Appletons, Cycl. of Amer. Biog.
Vol. 1: xxviii, 470 p.; v. 2: ix, 522 p., [6] leaves of plates, 1 folded.
With : Life of Captain Lewis
Shaw & Shoemaker
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Keywords: West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Missouri River -- Description and travel; Columbia River -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.; Lewis, Meriwether, -- 1774-1809 -- Travel -- West (U.S.); Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)