The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke : 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 /

Philadelphia : Hubbard Lester, 1809 .
300 p., [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : , 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. 20 cm..

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An interesting account of the voyages and travels of Captains Lewis and Clark, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. 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.

Baltimore. Printed by Anthony Miltenberger, for the purchasers. 1812 .
xv, [1], 17-326 p. incl. double front. (2 port.) , 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. 18 x 10 cm..

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