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First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Edition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6

  
[frontispiece]
  
[title page]
  
Preface
  
Contents
  
List of Illustrations

 1. 
Chapter I A Great Transaction in Land
 2. 
Chapter II Beginning a Long Journey
 3. 
Chapter III From the Lower to the Upper River
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Chapter IV Novel Experiences among the Indians
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Chapter V From the Tetons to the Mandans
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Chapter VI Winter among the Mandans
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Chapter VII From Fort Mandan to the Yellowstone
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Chapter VIII In the Haunts of Grizzlies and Buffalo
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Chapter IX In the Solitudes of the Upper Missouri
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Chapter X To the Great Falls of the Missouri
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Chapter XI In the Heart of the Continent
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Chapter XII At the Sources of the Missouri
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Chapter XIII From the Minnetarees to the Shoshonees
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Chapter XIV Across the Great Divide
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Chapter XV Down the Pacific Slope
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Chapter XVI Down the Columbia to Tidewater
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Chapter XVII From Tidewater to the Sea
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Chapter XVIII Camping by the Pacific
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Chapter XIX With Faces turned Homeward
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Chapter XX The Last Stage of the Columbia
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Chapter XXI Overland east of the Columbia
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Chapter XXII Camping with the Nez Percés
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Chapter XXIII Crossing the Bitter Root Mountains
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Chapter XXIV The Expedition Subdivided
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Chapter XXV Adventures on the Yellowstone
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Chapter XXVI The End of a Long Journey

  
Index
  
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List of Illustrations

  • LEWIS'S FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE ROCKIES
    Drawn by F. C. Yohn. . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
  • PORTRAITS OF LEWIS AND CLARK
    From originals in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . 1
  • BEFORE AND AFTER CIVILIZATION
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 26
  • "BLACK MOCCASIN"
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 46
  • A MANDAN VILLAGE
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 54
  • DECOYING ANTELOPE WITH A HANDKERCHIEF
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 70
  • INDIANS DISGUISED AS BUFFALOES
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 88
  • DRAWING OF A CACHE . . . . . . . . . . 98
  • WHITE BEAR PORTAGE
    From Clark's original survey. . . . . . . . . . 110
  • A GRIZZLY BEAR
    Drawn by A. B. Frost. . . . . . . . . . 120
  • BEAVER DAMS, SMITH'S RIVER . . . . . . . . . . 134
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  • SHOSHONEE IMPLEMENTS
    From Schoolcraft's "Red Men of America." . . . . . . . . . . 146
  • BUFFALO HUNT
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 178
  • INDIAN VAPOR BATHS
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 188
  • INDIAN OFFERINGS TO THE DEAD
    From Schoolcraft's "Red Men of America." . . . . . . . . . . 202
  • FLATTENING A CHINOOK BABY'S HEAD
    Drawn by George Catlin. . . . . . . . . . 212
  • MULTNOMAH FALLS, COLUMBIA RIVER . . . . . . . . . . 222
  • ELK . . . . . . . . . . 236
  • FALLS OF THE COLUMBIA
    From Clark's original survey. . . . . . . . . . 262
  • LEWIS IN INDIAN DRESS
    Drawn by St Memin. . . . . . . . . . 290
  • BUFFALOES AT DRINKING-PLACE
    Drawn by Ernest Seton-Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 300
  • A GROUP OF BUFFALOES
    Drawn by Ernest Seton-Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 318
  • A BIG HORN PASTURAGE
    Drawn by Ernest Seton-Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 338
  • BUFFALOES ON THE PLAINS
    Drawn by Ernest Seton-Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 352
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