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History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark. Volume II /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
SNOVA,
2021.
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| Colección: | American History, Culture and Literature
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface*
- Chapter 1
- The Party Proceed in Canoes-Description of an Indian Sweating Bath and Burial Place-Many Dangerous Rapids Passed-Narrow Escape of One of the Canoes-In the Passage Down They Are Visited by Several Indians, All of Whom Manifest Pacific Dispositions-Desc...
- Chapter 2
- The Party in Their Passage Still Visited by the Indians-Lepage's River Described-Immense Quantities of Salmon Caught by the Indians-Description of the River Towahnahiooks-Indian Mode of Stacking Fish, and Preparing Them for Market-Description of the ...
- Description of an Indian Burial-Place- The Rapids Passed in Safety
- Chapter 3
- First Appearance of Tide Water in the Columbia River-Description of the Quicksand River-Some Account of the Skilloot Indians-The Party Pass the River Coweliske-Some Account of the Washkiacum Indians-Arrival on the Borders of the Pacific-Disagree...
- Chapter 4
- Extravagant Passion of the Natives for Blue Beads, Which Constitute Amongst Them the Circulating Medium of the Country-The Party Still in Search of a Suitable Place for Winter Quarters-Still Suffering from the Constant Deluges of Rain-Are Visited by...
- Chapter 5
- A Party, Headed by Captain Clarke, Go in Quest of a Whale Driven on the Shore of the Pacific to Obtain Some of the Oil-They Pass Clatsop River, Which Is Described- The Perilous Nature of This Jaunt, and the Grandeur of the Scenery Described-Indian M...
- Chapter 6
- An Account of the Clatsops, Killamucks, Chinnooks and Cathlamahs-Their Uniform Custom of Flattening the Forehead- The Dress of These Savages, and Their Ornaments, Described-The Licensed Prostitution of the Women, Married and Unmarried, of Which a Lud...
- Chapter 7
- A General Description of the Beasts, Birds and Plants, &C. Found by the Party in This Expedition
- Chapter 8
- Difficulty of Procuring Means of Subsistence for the Party-They Determine to Resume Their Journey to the Mountains-They Leave in the Hands of the Indians aWritten Memorandum, Importing Their Having Penetrated to the Pacific, Through the Route of ...
- Chapter 9
- Description of Wappatoo Island, and the Mode in Which the Nations Gather Wappatoo-The Character of the Soil and Its Productions-The Numerous Tribes Residing in Its Vicinity-The Probability That They Were All of the Tribe of the Multnomahs Originally...
- Chapter 10