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).
