Lewis and Clark Journals (Abridged)

Lewis and Clark Journals (Abridged)Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. In this riveting account, editor Gary E. Moulton blends the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals so that the voices of the enlisted men and of Native peoples are heard alongside the words of the captains. All their triumphs and terrors are

Authentically styled after the real colonial portable writing quill pen boxes used when traveling

and other notes and references

Date: 1814

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Those studying the Indians of the Great Lakes region

The map appeared in Lewis and Clark's History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis And Clark

the sources of the Columbia

Lewis and Clark attended to sick Indians and continued their scientific observations while others in the party hunted and socialized with Native peoples

Includes 40 landscape features viewable along trails in Washington and Oregon

Color and appearance variations are inherent in the manufacturing and enhance the distressed beauty and individuality of each box so that no two are exactly alike

and the expedition's only violent encounter with Native inhabitants

this is the best and most accessible guide of its kind