1806
Discoveries | made in
exploring | the Missouri, Red River | and
Washita, |
by | Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, | and |
William Dunbar, Esq. | with | a Statistical Account |
of the | Countries
adjacent. |
With an Appendix by Mr. Dunbar. |
Natchez: | Printed by
Andrew Marschalk, | 1806. |
8vo; title, verso blank;
"Message", pp. [3] and 4; "Extract of a letter
from Captain Meriwether
Lewis, to the Prefident of the United States, dated
Fort Mandan, April
17th, 1805", pp. [5]–8; "A statistical View of the
Indian Nations",
pp. [9]–64; "Historical Sketches of the several Indian Tribes of
Louisiana", pp. [65]–83; "To General Henry Dearborn, Secretary
of
War", signed by John Sibley, pp. 84–109; "Distances up Red river by the
course of the river", pp. 110–112; "Observations", pp.
113–164; "Extracts
from the Appendix", pp. [165]–166,
159–169; "Meteorological observations",
pp. 170–177; verso of last leaf blank. Two pages 127, also erratic
pagination after 166. Signatures: [A]–W in fours, X in
six.
The only copy which I have seen was one kindly loaned to me by Dr.
Samuel
A. Green, of Boston, Mass., purchased by him many years ago in
Paris, France.
It appears not to be in the various libraries which I have
visited, but the British
Museum has a copy.
