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CONTENTS TO VOL. VII

THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL OF SERGEANT CHARLES
FLOYD

         
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CHAPTER I.—FROM RIVER DUBOIS TO THE PLATTE 
May 14—July 22, 1804. 
CHAPTER II.—FROM THE PLATTE TO THE OTO
COUNCIL
 
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July 23—August 18, 1804. 

THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL OF PRIVATE JOSEPH
WHITEHOUSE

                               

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CHAPTER I.—FROM RIVER DUBOIS TO THE PLATTE  29 
May 14—July 22, 1804. 
CHAPTER II.—FROM THE PLATTE TO VERMILION
RIVER
 
45 
July 23—August 24, 1804. 
CHAPTER III.—FROM THE VERMILION TO TETON RIVER  53 
August 25—September 24, 1804. 
CHAPTER IV.—FROM TETON RIVER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF THE MANDANS
 
63 
September 25—October 15, 1804. 
CHAPTER V.—AMONG THE MANDANS  69 
November 1, 1804—January 20, 1805. 
CHAPTER VI.—FROM NEAR MARTHA'S RIVER TO THE
MUSSELSHELL
 
76 
May 1–22, 1805 
CHAPTER VII.—FROM THE MUSSELSHELL TO MARIA'S
RIVER
 
87 
May 23—June 7, 1805. 
CHAPTER VIII.—FROM MARIA'S RIVER TO THE GREAT
FALLS OF THE MISSOURI
 
97 
June 8–20, 1805. 
CHAPTER IX.—PORTAGING AROUND THE GREAT FALLS  105 
June 21—July 14, 1805. 
CHAPTER X.—FROM THE GREAT FALLS TO THE
THREE FORKS
 
115 
July 15–27, 1805. 
CHAPTER XI.—FROM THE THREE FORKS OF THE
MISSOURI TO THE BEAVER'S HEAD
 
123 
July 28—August 10, 1805. 
CHAPTER XII.—FROM THE BEAVER'S HEAD TO THE
GREAT DIVIDE
 
132 
August 11–16, 1805. 
CHAPTER XIII.—CROSSING THE GREAT DIVIDE, AND
SEARCHING FOR NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
136 
August 17–26, 1805. 
CHAPTER XIV.—DOWN THE LOLO TRAIL  143 
August 27—October 10, 1805. 
CHAPTER XV.—THE RAPIDS OF THE SNAKE AND COLUMBIA  170 
October 11–20, 1805. 
CHAPTER XVI.—DESCENDING THE COLUMBIA TO TIDEWATER  177 
October 21—November 1, 1805. 
CHAPTER XVII.—FROM THE RAPIDS TO CAPE HORN  185 
November 2–6, 1805. 
DISTANCES AND LATITUDES  189 

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I.  Jefferson suggests Transcontinental Expedition to George Rogers
Clark. Annapolis, Md., December 4, 1783
 
193 
II.  John Ledyard's frustrated Expedition. 1786  195 
III.  John Armstrong's Expedition. 1790  198 
IV.  André Michaux's proposed Expedition. January, 1793  202 
V.  President Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress. January 18,
1803
 
206 
VI.  Lewis's Estimate of Expenses. 1803  210 
VII.  Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush. Washington, February 28, 1803  211 
VIII.  Jefferson to Dr. Caspar Wistar. Washington, February 28, 1803  212 
IX.  Lewis to Jefferson. Lancaster, Pa., April 20, 1803  213 
X.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, April 23, 1803  217 
XI.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, April 27, 1803  218 
XII.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, April 30, 1803  220 
XIII.  Lewis to Jefferson. Philadelphia, May 14, 1803  221 
XIV.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, May 16, 1803  223 
XV.  Lewis to Jefferson. Philadelphia, May 29, 1803  224 
XVI.  Lewis invites Clark to join him. Washington, June 19, 1803  226 
XVII.  Documents relating to the Equipment of the Expedition. May—
June, 1803
 
231 
XVIII.  Jefferson's Instructions to Lewis. Washington, June 20, 1803  247 
XIX.  Jefferson to Henry Peyroux de la Coudrenaire. Washington,
July 3, 1803
 
253 
XX.  Jefferson's letter of credit to Lewis. Washington, July 4, 1803  254 
XXI.  Lewis to Jefferson. Harper's Ferry, July 8, 1803  256 
XXII.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, July 11, 1803  257 
XXIII.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, July 15, 1803  258 
XXIV.  Clark accepts Lewis's Invitation. Clarksville (Ind.), July 17,
1803
 
259 
XXV.  Lewis to Jefferson. Pittsburgh, July 22, 1803  260 
XXVI.  Clark notifies Jefferson. [Louisville, July 24, 1803.]  262 
XXVII.  Clark reiterates his Acceptance of Lewis's Offer. Louisville,
July 24, 1803
 
263 
XXVIII.  Lewis to Jefferson. Pittsburgh, July 26, 1803  264 
XXIX.  Lewis's Reply to Clark's Acceptance. Pittsburgh, August 3,
1803
 
266 
XXX.  Clark to John Connor. [Pittsburgh], August 20, 1803  268 
XXXI.  Lewis to Jefferson. Wheeling, September 8, 1803  269 
XXXII.  Lewis to Jefferson. Marietta, September 13, 1803  271 
XXXIII.  Lewis to Clark. Cincinnati, September 28, 1803  272 
XXXIV.  Lewis to Jefferson. Cincinnati, October 3, 1803  274 
XXXV.  William Henry Harrison to Clark. Vincennes, November 13,
1803
 
280 
XXXVI.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, November 16, 1803  281 
XXXVII.  Ethnological Information desired. [N. p., n. d.]  283 
XXXVIII.  Lewis to Clark. Cahokia, December 17, 1803  288 
XXXIX.  Lewis to Auguste Chouteau. St. Louis, January 4, 1804  289 
XL.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, January 13, 1804  291 
XLI.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, January 22, 1804  292 
XLII.  Lewis to Clark. Camp at River Dubois, February 18, 1804  294 
XLIII.  Lewis to Jefferson. St. Louis, March 26, 1804  295 
XLIV.  Sergeant John Ordway to his Parents. Camp River Dubois,
April 8, 1804
 
298 
XLV.  Lewis to Clark. St. Louis, May 2, 1804  299 
XLVI.  Articles forwarded to Jefferson. St. Louis, May 18, 1804  300 
XLVII.  Clark to Major William Croghan. St. Charles [Mo.], May 21, 1804  301 
XLVIII.  Indian Speeches and Data. [N. p., n. d.]  303 
XLIX.  Lewis and Clark to the North West Company. Upper Mandan
Village, October 31, 1804
 
307 
L.  Lewis to his Mother. Fort Mandan, March 31, 1805  309 
LI.  Clark to Jefferson. Fort Mandan, April 1, 1805  313 
LII.  Clark to William Henry Harrison. Fort Mandan, April 2, 1805  314 
LIII.  Clark to Croghan. Fort Mandan, April 2, 1805  317 
LIV.  Lewis to Jefferson. Fort Mandan, April 7, 1805  318 
LV.  Invoice of Articles forwarded to Jefferson from Fort Mandan.
[April 7, 1805]
 
322 
LVI.  A Newspaper Account. Lexington, June 18, 1805  324 
LVII.  Jefferson to Constantin François dc Chassebœuf, Comte de Volney.
[Washington, February 11, 1806]
 
327 
LVIII.  Part of President Jefferson's Message to Congress. February 19,
1806
 
328 
LIX.  Clark to Charbonneau. Near the Ricara Village, August 20, 1806  329 
LX.  Lewis to Jefferson (a fragment). St. Louis, September 21, 1806  331 
LXI.  Lewis to Jefferson. St. Louis, September 23, 1806  334 
LXII.  Clark to George Rogers Clark. St. Louis, September 24, 1806  338 
LXIII.  Land warrants issued to Explorers. St. Louis, October 8, 1806  343 
LXIV.  Bratton's Discharge Paper. St. Louis, October 20, 1806  344 
LXV.  Jefferson to Lewis. Washington, October 10, 1806  345 
LXVI.  Part of Jefferson's Message to Congress. December 2, 1806  346 
LXVII.  Contemporary Newspaper Notices. September, 1806—January,
1807
 
347 
LXVIII.  An Address from Citizens of Fincastle and Vicinity, January 8,
1807, and Clark's Reply thereto (undated)
 
351 
LXIX.  Gratuities to the Officers and Men in the Expedition to the Pacific
Ocean, under Lewis and Clark. January 12–14, 1807
 
354 
LXX.  Draft of Receipt for Compensation  360 
LXXI.  Clark to Major Edmund Clark. Washington, March 5, 1807  362 
LXXII.  Lewis's Prospectus. 1807  363 
LXXIII.  Jefferson to Lewis. Monticello, August 16, 1809  367 
LXXIV.  Lewis to Major Amos Stoddard. Fort Pickering, September 22,
1809
 
368 
LXXV.  Lewis's Observations and Reflections on Upper Louisiana. 1809  369 
LXXVI.  Stoddard notified of Lewis's Death. Nashville, October 18, 1809  389 
LXXVII.  Gen. Jonathan Clark to George Rogers Clark. [N. p.], February
3, 1810 
390 
LXXVIII.  An Editorial Comment. April, 1810  391 
LXXIX.  Jefferson to Baron Von Humboldt. [N. p.], December 6, 1813  392 
LXXX.  Jefferson to Madame la Comtesse de Tesse. [N. p. ], December 8,
1813
 
393 
LXXXI.  Jefferson to Abbé Correa da Serra. Poplar Forest, April 26, 1816  394 
LXXXII.  Clark to Jefferson. St. Louis, October 10, 1816  397 
LXXXIII.  Jefferson to John Vaughan. Monticello, June 28, 1817  400 
LXXXIV.  Jefferson to Peter S. Duponceau. Monticello, November 7, 1817  402 
LXXXV.  The American Philosophical Society accepts the Trust. November
19, 1817; April 8, 1818
 
405 
LXXXVI.  Nicholas Biddle to William Tilghman. Philadelphia, April 6,
1818
 
408 
LXXXVII.  Elliott Coues's Description of the Original Journals of Lewis and
Clark, now in possession of the American Philosophical Society
in Philadelphia. January 20, 1893
 
411 
INDEX  425