Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 printed from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||
COUNTERFEIT PUBLICATIONS
1809
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, cus- | toms, 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. |
Philadelphia: |
Published by Hubbard Lester. | 1809. | Price—
1
dollar 62 1/2 cts. |
12mo; title, with copyright on verso;
"Recommendation" of Jefferson,
verso blank; "Message", verso blank;
"Introduction", pp. [vii]–xi;
"Estimate", p. xii; "Travels to the
Pacifick Ocean", pp. [13]–153;
"Statistical View", pp.
[154]–178; "Historical Sketches of the several
Indian Tribes in
Louisiana", pp. [179]–204; "Origin", pp. 204–228;
"Observations", pp. [229]–292; "Anecdotes", pp. 293–300. Five
portraits,
of "Sioux Warrior", "Sioux
Queen", "Mahas King", "Ottoes
Queen", and "Serpentine Chief"; also folded
map, entitled, "Map of the Country Inhabited by the Western Tribes of Indians".
Two of the plates in
different copies exhibit a curious metamorphosis, by
serving in one case for masculinity
and in
the other for femininity, namely, as "Mahas King" and "Mahas
Queen";
"Ottoes Chief" and "Ottoes Queen". Signatures: [A]-BB in
sixes.
Copies: C; CHC; NL (lacks map); NYHS (two copies, one lacks map).
1809
The
| Travels | of | Capts. Lewis & Clarke, | from
| St. Louis, by
way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, |
to the | Pacific Ocean; |
performed in the years 1804, 1805,
& 1806, | by order of the | Government
of the United States. |
Containing | Delineations of the Manners,
Customs, | Religion, &c. | Of the Indians, |
compiled from |
Various Authentic Sources, and Original Documents,
| and | a Summary
communication of | Meriwether Lewis. | Illustrated with a Map of
the Country, inhabited by the | western Tribes of Indians. |
London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,
| Paternoster
Row, | 1809
|.[2]
8vo; title, with printer's name on verso;
"Message", pp. [iii]–iv; "Introduction,"
pp. [v]–ix; one blank
page; "Travels to the Pacific ocean",
pp. [1]–156; "Statistical
View", pp. 157–183; "Historical Sketches of
the several Indian
Tribes in Louisiana", pp. 184–210; "Origin of the American
Indian Population", pp. 211–237;
"Observations", pp. 238–307;
"Common Names of some of the Trees",
etc., pp. 308–309; verso of p. 309
blank. P. 38 is misprinted 83.
Folded "Map of the Country Inhabited by
the Western Tribes of Indians",
engraved by Neele. Signatures: A in five,
B–U in eights, X in two, Y
in one.
Copies: BM; C; CHC; HC; NL; NYHS; NYSL.
See Eclectic Review for November, 1809, p.
1052, for a caustic review of this publication,
which is reprinted in Monthly Anthology and Boston Review, viii,
p. 142.—Ed.
1811
Die | Reisen
| der Capitaine | Lewis und Clarke; | unternommen |
auf Befehl der | Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten | in den
Jahren
1804, 1805 und 1806, | über | eine
Länderstrecke von mehr als 3000
Meilen, | von
St. Louis, auf dem Missouri und | Columbia, nach dem
stillen Meer.
| Enthaltend: | Eine Beschreibung der Indianischen Völkerstāmme,
|
welche dem westlichen Theil von Nord-America, | der
uns bisher
unbekannt und unentdeckt | war, bewohnen. | Samt | einer
statistischen Uebersicht der Indianer Nationen, | aus dem Official
Bericht von | Meriwether Lewis. | [Mit vier Abbildungen
Indianischer
Könige.] |
Libanon, (P.) | Gedruckt
bey Jacob Stöver.—1811. |
18mo;
title, verso blank; "Empfelung", with "Vorbericht" on verso,
1 leaf;
"Reise nach dem stillen Meet", pp. [5]–23; "Statistische Uebersicht",
pp. 23–33: "Beobachrungen",
pp. 34–47; "Louisiana", pp.
47–51; "Ueber den Ursprung der
Indianer", pp. 52–59; "Anekdote",
pp. 59–60. Signatures;
1–5 in sixes.
On p. 60 the publisher says; "☞Die unerwartet
gross Ermunterung, die
diese gegenwärtige
Reisebeschreibung durch eine zahlreiche Subscription von
einem geehrten
Publikum erhalten hat, und wöfur der Herausgeber hiermit
seinen
aufrichtigsten Dank abstattet"
[etc.].
The only copy I have found is in the Historical Society of
pennsylvania
(Cassel Collection).
1812
Die
| Reisen | der Capitaine | Lewis und Clarke; |
unternommen |
auf Befehl der | Regierung der Vereinigten
Staaten | in den Jahren
1804, 1805 und 1806, | über
| eine Länderstrecke von mehr als 3000
Meilen, | von
St. Louis, auf dem Missouri und | Columbia, nach dem
stillen Meer.
| Enthaltend: | Eine Beschreibung der Indianischen
Völkerstämme, | welche den westlichen Theil von
Nord-Amerika, |
der uns bisher unbekannt und unentdeckt |
war, bewohnen. | Samt |
einer statistischen Uebersicht der
Indianer Nationen, | aus dem Official
Bericht von |
Meriwether Lewis. | [Mit Abbildungen Indianischer
Könige.]
|
Friedrichstadt: | Gedruckt bey M. Bärtgis.— 1812. |
12mo; title, verso blank; "Empfehlung" [extract from
Jefferson's Message],
p. [3]; "Vorbericht", p. [4]; "Reise nach dem
stillen Meer", pp. [5]–
11; "Bericht des Capitains Clarke, in einem
Briefe an den Gouvernör Harrison.
Fort
Madan, den 2ten April, 1806", pp. 12–15; "Brief des Capt.
Clarke an
seinen Bruder. St. Louis, den 22ten Sept. 1806", etc., pp. 15–24;
"Statistische Uebersicht aller westlichen Indianer Stämme", pp.
24–36;
"Beobachtungen über die Sitten u. Gebräuche die
Indianer", pp. 36–51;
"Louisiana", pp. 51–56; "Ueber den
Ursprung der Indianer", pp. 56–64.
Signatures: A-E in sixes, F in
two. The third leaf of sig. D is misnumbered C2. A complete
copy, apparently, should have several cuts of Indian chiefs
("Abbildungen
Indianischer Könige").
This little pamphlet, printed at Frederick,
Maryland, is entirely unknown to
bibliographers, and Seidensticker did not
know of a single item printed there
during the year 1812. The only copy I
have located is owned by Charles H.
Conover, Esq., of Chicago, who kindly
loaned it to me for this study. It has
not the cuts of Indian chiefs which
the title-page calls for.
1812 (FISHER)
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 vege- | table productions interspersed with very
enter- |
taining anecdotes, and a variety of other useful and
| pleasing information
remarkably
calculated to de- | light and instruct the readers.—To
which is added a | complete dictionary of the Indian tongue.
| By
William Fisher, Esq. |
Baltimore. |
Printed by Anthony Miltenberger, | For the Purchasers.|
1812. |
Sm. 12mo; two
frontispieces, Lewis and Clark; title, verso blank; "Recommendation",
p. (1); "Message", pp.
(2); "Introduction", pp. [x]–
xiv; "Estimate", p. xv; text, pp.
[16]–326. Pp. 179 and 265 are mispaged
178 and 295, respectively. Signatures: [A]–Bb in sixes, Cc in
one.
Copies: BM; BPL; C; CHC; NYHS.
1812 (FISHER)
New Travels | among the | Indians of North
America; | being | a
compilation, taken partly from the
communications already | published,
of | Captains Lewis and
Clark, | to the | President of the United States; |
and | partly from other authors who travelled among | the
Various
Tribes of Indians. | Containing | a variety of very
pleasant anecdotes,
remarkably calculated | to amuse and inform the
mind of every curious
reader; | with | a Dictionary of the
Indian Tongue. | Compiled | by
William Fisher, Esqr.
|
Philadelphia: | Published by James Sharan. | J.
Maxwell, printer. |
1812. |
12mo; two leaves with
portraits of Lewis and Clark; title, with "Copyright
secured" on the verso; a second title:
"The | Voyages and Travels |
of | Captains Lewis and
Clarke", with verso blank; "Recommendation",
p. (1); "Message", pp. (2);
one blank page; "Introduction", pp. [vii]–
xi; "An Estimate", etc.
on p. xii; "Travels to the Pacific Ocean", etc.,
pp. [13]–153;
"Statistical View", pp. [154]–178; "Historical Sketches
of the
several Indian Tribes in Louisiana", pp. [179]–204; "Origin", pp.
204–228; "Observations", pp. [229]–292; "Anecdotes", pp.
[293]–300.
The pagination of 155 is inverted in some copies. In most
copies the second
title-page is lacking. Signatures: Two leaves with
portraits: | Main title-page,
A—BB in sixes.
Copies: BM; C; CHC; NA; NL; NYHS; NYSL; WHS.
1813 (FISHER)
An | interesting Account | of the |
Voyages and Travels | of | Captains
Lewis and Clarke, | in the Years 1804–5, & 6. |
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. | Interspersed | With
very entertaining
anecdotes, and a variety of | other useful and
pleasing information,
re- | markably calculated to delight and
| instruct the readers. | To
which is added | A
complete Dictionary of the Indian Tongue | By
William Fisher, Esq.
|
Baltimore: |
Printed and published by P. Mauro, | No. 10, North
Howard St. | 1813. |
12mo; title, verso blank;
"Recommendation", p. (1); "Message", pp.
[vi]–vii; "Introduction",
pp. [viii]–xi; "Estimate", p. (1); text, pp.
[13]–266. There
are no pp. 125, 126, 149, 150, 179, 180, 209, 210;
and pp. 173, 174 are
repeated. Signatures: [A]–X in sixes, Y in three.
Three
illustrations, at pp. 35, 80, 230.
Copies: BPL (lacks one plate); C; CHC; NYSL; WHS.
1840
The | Journal | of |
Lewis and Clarke, | to the Mouth of the
Columbia River |
beyond the Rocky Mountains. | In the Years 1804–5,
& 6.
| Giving a faithful description of the river Missouri | and its
source
—of the various tribes of Indians | through which
they passed—manners
and cus- |
toms—soil—climate—commerce—gold and |
silver
mines—animal and vegetable | productions, &c.
| New Edition, with
Notes. | Revised, corrected, and
illustrated with numerous | wood cuts. |
To which is added
| a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue. |
Dayton, O.
| Published and sold by B. F. Ells. | John Wilson,
Printer.
| 1840. |
16mo; two leaves with portraits; title, with
advertisement and copyright
on the verso; extracts from "Message", etc.,
pp. (2); "Preface", pp. [ix]–
xii; text, pp. [15]–224;
"Dictionary of Indian Words and Phrases", pp.
[225]–234; "Appendix",
pp. 234–237; "Contents", pp. [238]–240.
Page [xiii] is blank.
Plates: Portraits of Lewis and of Clark, before the title;
other
illustrations on pp. [xiv], 18, 39, 44, 68, 82, 84, 98, 105, 111, 126,
138, 176, 222. Signatures: [I]–15 in eights.
Copies: BPL (lacks portraits); C; CHC; HSP; NYHS; WHS.
1851
The
Journal of Lewis and Clarke. Dayton: Ells, Claflin & Co.
1851. 12mo,
pp. 240.
This title is given in Sabin's Dictionary of
Books relating to America, No.
40832. I have not been able to
authenticate his reference, and it has not been
found in any collection or
library known to me.
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||