An Giving a faithful description of the river Missouri and its source--of the various tribes of Indians through which they passed--manners and customs--soil--climate--commerce--gold and silver mines--animal and vegetable productions ... To which is added a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue Lewis, Meriwether 1774-1809 Clark, William 1770-1838 Carver, Jonathan 1710-1780 Mackenzie, Alexander 1764-1820 W. F. (William Fisher) comp. United States President (1801-1809 : Jefferson) text mdu Baltimore Printed by Anthony Miltenberger, for the purchasers. 1812 monographic eng

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xv, [1], 17-326 p. incl. double front. (2 port.) 18 x 10 cm. By William Fisher, esq. A spurious account, of which the earliest American edition, Philadelphia, 1809, appeared under title: The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke. The various spurious editions are made up of material taken principally from three sources: (a) Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, Washington, 1806; (b) Jonathan Carver's Travels through the interior parts of North-America ... in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768; (c) Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage from Montreal ... through the continent of North America in the years 1789 and 1793. For detailed descriptions of contents of this and other spurious editions cf. History of the expedition ... of Lewis and Clark, ed. by Elliott Coues, 1893, v. 1, p. cviii-cxvii; and V.H. Paltsits' Bibliographical data, in Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, ed. by R.G. Thwaites, 1904, v. 1, p. lxvi-lxx. Vocabulary of the Knisteneaux (Crees): p. 148-155. Pages 26, 179 and 265 incorrectly numbered 23, 178 and 295 respectively. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) West (U.S.) Description and travel Indians of North America Cree language Glossaries, vocabularies, etc F592.6 1812 rc 01001487 DLC 780718 20260227111903.0 rc 01001487