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 / 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.

Wagner-Camp (4th ed.) 8:1

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. DLC