Book/Printed Material James's Account of S. H. Long's expedition, 1819-1820. Part 3
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Early Western Travels 1748–1846 Volume XVI- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Early Western Travels 1748–1846 A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains F592 T54 LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two Copies Received JUN 22 1905 Copyright Entry June 21 1905 CLASS a XXc No: 119760 COPY B. Copyright 1905, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVI CHAPTER I [VIII of Vol. II, original ed.]—Excursion to the Summit of the Peak. Mineral Springs. Coquimbo Owl. Encampment on the Arkansa 11 CHAPTER II [IX of Vol.…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 6 CHAPTER IX [III of Vol. III]—The Party Proceed upon their Route. Thunderstorm. Some Account of the Kiawa, Kaskaia, Arrapaho, and Shienne Indians. New Species of Toad 192 CHAPTER X [IV of…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XVI Skin Lodges of Kaskaias (text cut in original) 107 “Kiawa Encampment” 196 “Kaskaia; Shienne Chief; Awappaho [Arrapaho]” 200- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains PART III OF JAMES'S ACCOUNT OF S. H. LONG'S EXPEDITION, 1819–1820 Reprinted from Volumes II and III of London edition, 1823- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains EXPEDITION FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS [PART III] [212] CHAPTER I [VIII]1 1 Chapter viii of volume ii of the original London edition.— Ed. Excursion to the Summit of the Peak—Mineral…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 12 and some bison ribs they had brought ready cooked from camp. The boiling spring is a large and beautiful fountain of water, cool and transparent, and aërated with carbonic acid. It…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 13 perceive it to have the least smell, or the power of extinguishing flame, which was tested, by plunging into it lighted splinters of dry cedar. The temperature of the water of…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 14 crumbling into small masses of half an ounce weight, or less. The ascending party found the surface in many places covered with such quantities of this loose and crumbled granite, rolling…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 15 we had hitherto ascended; and following the summit of the ridge between these, found the way less difficult and dangerous. Having passed a level tract of several acres covered with the…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 16 elevation at which they grew; and arrived at about twelve o'clock at the limit above which none are found. This is a defined line, encircling the peak in a part which,…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 17 intervals of soil are sometimes extensive, and covered with a carpet of low but brilliantly-flowering alpine plants. Most of these have either matted procumbent stems, or such as, including the flower,…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 18 snow, which filled a deep ravine on the south-eastern side of the peak. Below us, on the right, were two or three extensive patches of snow; and ice could be seen…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 19 As we approached the summit, these became less frequent, and at length ceased entirely. Few cryptogamous plants are seen about any part of the mountain; and neither these nor any others…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 20 in a woodless and apparently fertile valley, lying west of the first great ridge, and extending far towards the north. This valley must undoubtedly contain a considerable branch of the Platte.…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 21 The weather was calm and clear while the detachment remained on the peak; but we were surprised to observe the air in every direction filled with such clouds of grasshoppers, as…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 22 a corresponding thermometer stood in the middle of the day at 96°, and did not fall below 80° until a late hour in the evening. Great uniformity was observed in the…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 23 and inhospitable a situation. We could not, however, proceed without imminent danger from precipices; and by the aid of a good fire, and no ordinary degree of fatigue, found ourselves able…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 24 and exhilarating waters. In the bottom of both these springs a great number of beads and other small articles of Indian ornament were found, having unquestionably been left there as sacrifices…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 25 Most of the timber which occurs on any part of the mountain is evergreen, consisting of several species of abies, among which may be enumerated the balsam fir (A. balsamea, Ph.);…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 26 skirted with a narrow margin of cotton-wood and willow trees; and its banks produce a small growth of rushes, on which our horses subsisted principally, while we lay encamped here. This…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 27 direction, and to report immediately when any thing [226] should be discovered indicating that Indians were in the vicinity. Precautions of this kind are necessary to prevent surprisal, and invariably are…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 28 owl, both in Chili and St. Domingo, agreeably to the accounts of Molina and Viellot, digs large burrows for its habitations, and for the purposes of incubation; the former author gives…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 29 two widely distinct animals, we might take occasion to remark the probability of the prairie-dog being an unintentional tutor to the young owl, did we not know that this bird utters…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 30 valley of the Mississippi. About the summits of these mounds, were numerous petrifactions, which were found to be almost exclusively casts of bivalve shells approaching the genus cytherea, and usually from…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 31 porous as to unfit it for retaining any portion of the water which falls upon it in rains. A few dwarfish cedars and pines are scattered over a surface consisting of…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 32 The place where we encamped was supposed to have been near where Pike's block-house formerly stood, but we sought in vain for the traces of anything resembling the work of a…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 33 and probably twenty wide at its southern extremity. The mountains which bound it on the west are high, but at this time had little snow on them. The surface of the…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 34 is sour, another sweet, a third bitter, and so on. One contains so much fixed air as to give it some pungency, but the water of all of them is unpalatable.…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 35 to rest under the open canopy, deferring their examinations for the following morning. The sandstone near the springs is hard, though rather coarse, and of a dark gray or brownish yellow…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 36 on each side. Seven miles from the mountains, on the left hand side of the Arkansa, is a remarkable mass of sandstone rocks, resembling a large pile of architectural ruins. From…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 37 excursion above detailed, observations were made at camp for latitude, longitude, &c., and all the party were busy in their appropriate pursuits. Among the animals taken here was the four-lined squirrel,…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 38 There is also another species18 inhabiting about the mountains, where it was first observed by those distinguished travellers, Lewis and Clarke, on their expedition to the Pacific Ocean. It is allied…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 39 The cliff swallow20 is here very frequent, as well as in all the rocky country near the mountains. This species attaches its nest in great numbers to the rocks in dry…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 | Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains 40 is rather smaller than the indigo bunting, (emberiza cyanea) with a note entirely dissimilar. It was observed to be much in the grass, rarely alighting on bushes or trees. We also…- Contributor: Say, Thomas - James, Edwin - United States. War Department - Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Long, Stephen Harriman
- Date: 1905-01-01
About this Item
Title
- James's Account of S. H. Long's expedition, 1819-1820.
Other Title
- Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820
- Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
Names
- James, Edwin, 1797-1861.
- Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864.
- Say, Thomas, 1787-1834.
- United States. War Department.
- Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913.
Created / Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905.
Headings
- - West (U.S.)--Description and travel
- - Rocky Mountains--Discovery and exploration
- - Ohio River--Description and travel
- - Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
- - Indians of North America--Languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- - Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1819-1820
Notes
- - "Preliminary notice reprinted from ... Philadelphia edition, 1823. Text reprinted from ... London edition, 1823."--v. 14, p. [29].
- - "Calculations of observations by Long and Swift reprinted from ... Philadelphia edition, 1823; Vocabularies of Indian languages, by Say, reprinted from ... Philadelphia edition, 1823."--v. 17, p. [9].
- - Includes facsimile of t.-p. of 1823 London edition with title: Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820. By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party.
Medium
- 4 v. : 9 plates, folded facsimiles, folded diagrams ; 25 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F592 .T54 vol. 14, etc.
Source Collection
- Early western travels, 1748-1846. v. 14-17
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- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbtn.th014_0027
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- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbtn.th017_0009
Library of Congress Control Number
- 05026896
OCLC Number
- 1170683
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