The by order of the government of the United States, performed in the years 1804, 1805 & 1806, being upwards of three thousand miles, from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the Pacifick Ocean : containing an account of the Indian tribes, who inhabit the western part of the continent unexplored, and unknown before : with copious delineations of the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the Indians Lewis, Meriwether 1774-1809 Clark, William 1770-1838 Carver, Jonathan 1710-1780 Mackenzie, Alexander 1764-1820 United States President (1801-1809 : Jefferson) text pau Philadelphia Hubbard Lester 1809 monographic eng

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300 p., [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 5 ports., 1 map ; 20 cm. compiled from various authentic sources and documents ; to which is subjoined a summary of the statistical view of the Indian nations from the official communication of Meriwether Lewis ; embellished with a map of the country inhabited by the western tribes of Indians, and five engravings of Indian chiefs. This work, purporting to be the account of Lewis and Clark's expedition, is in fact merely a compilation of bits and pieces already in print, including parts of Jefferson's Message of 1806, William Clark's letter from Saint Louis, segments of Patrick Gass's diary, a careful plagiarization of portions of Jonathan Carver's Travels, first published in 1778, and sections of Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages. Cf. Wagner-Camp. Includes vocabulary of the Knisteneaux (Cree) Indian language. LC copy lacks original map, has facsimile of folded map on one leaf in pocket. n-usp-- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration Indians of North America Cree language Glossaries, vocabularies, etc F592 .6 1809 Wagner-Camp (4th ed.) 8:1 rc 01001485 DLC 830714 20260227111903.0 rc 01001485