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 ... : to which is added a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue / by William Fisher, Esq.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.

Clark, William, 1770-1838.

Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.

Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820.

Fisher, William, esq.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806).

Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Cree language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Cree language.

West (U.S.).

Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Harding, Daniel Still (autograph)

Dechert, Robert (donor)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 14-124 pages, 127 unnumbered pages-148, 151-208, 211-266 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Printed and published by P. Mauro ..., 1813.

Notes:

A spurious account, of which the earliest American edition, Philadelphia, 1809, appeared under title: "The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke." The various spurious editions are made up of material taken principally from three sources: 1) Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red river and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, Washington, 1806; 2) Jonathan Carver's "Travels through the interior parts of North America ... in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768"; 3) Alexander Mackenzie's "Voyage from Montreal ... through the continent of North America in the years 1789 and 1796."

For detailed descriptions of contents of this and other spurious editions cf. "History of the expedition ... of Lewis and Clark", edited by Elliott Coues, 1893, v. 1, p. cviii-cxvii; and V.H. Paltsits' "Bibliographical data, in Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition", edited by R.G. Thwaites, 1904, v. 1, p. lxvi-lxx.

Vocabulary of the Knistenaux (Crees): p. [116]-124.

Local Notes:

Bound in contemporary calf.

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker 28817

OCLC:

21935413