Trails of the pathfinders / George Bird Grinnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pioneers--United States.

Pioneers.

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History.

Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel.

Northwest, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trails of the Pathfinders is the compilation of a series of articles that appeared in Forest and Stream, Grinnell's magazine dedicated the outdoors and the nation's fledgling conservation movement. The Lewis and Clark expedition, Alexander Henry, Alexander Mackenzie, Zebulon Pike, Alexander Henry (the Younger), Ross Cox and others are examined. The courage and determination of these explorers brings the reader a truer picture of this vast continent from the naturalist point of view. Book jacket.

Contents:

Intro

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II. ALEXANDER HENRY -I

CHAPTER III. ALEXANDER HENRY -II

CHAPTER IV. JONATHAN CARVER

CHAPTER V. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE -I

CHAPTER VI. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE -II

CHAPTER VII. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE -III

CHAPTER VIII. LEWIS AND CLARK -I

CHAPTER IX. LEWIS AND CLARK -II

CHAPTER X. LEWIS AND CLARK -III

CHAPTER XI. LEWIS AND CLARK -IV

CHAPTER XII. LEWIS AND CLARK -V

CHAPTER XIII. ZEBULON M.PIKE -I

CHAPTER XIV. ZEBULON M.PIKE -II

CHAPTER XV. ZEBULON M.PIKE -III

CHAPTER XVI. ALEXANDER HENRY (THE YOUNGER)-I

CHAPTER XVII. ALEXANDER HENRY (THE YOUNGER)-II

CHAPTER XVIII. ALEXANDER HENRY (THE YOUNGER)-III

CHAPTER XIX. Ross Cox -I

CHAPTER XX. Ross Cox -II

CHAPTER XXI. THE COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES -I

CHAPTER XXII. THE COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES -II

CHAPTER XXIII. SAMUEL PARKER.

CHAPTER XXIV. THOMAS J.FARNHAM -I.

CHAPTER XXV. THOMAS J.FARNHAM -II

CHAPTER XXVI. FREMONT -I

CHAPTER XXVII. FREMONT -II

CHAPTER XXVIII. FREMONT -III

CHAPTER XXIX. FREMONT -IV.

CHAPTER XXX. FREMONT -V

ILLUSTRATIONS

CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK WERE MUCH PUZZLED AT THIS POINT TO KNOW WHICH OF THE RIVERS BEFORE THEM WAS THE MAIN MISSOURI.

"I Now RESIGNED MYSELF TO THE FATE WITH WHICH I WAS MENACED

A MAN OF THE NAUDOWESSIE

A MAN OF THE OTTIGAUMIES

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE

MACKENZIE AND THE MEN JUMPED OVERBOARD

LIEUTENANT ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE,MONUMENT AT COLORADO SPRINGS,COLORADO

BUFFALO ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS

TWO MEN MOUNTED ON HER BACK, BUT SHE WAS AS ACTIVE WITH THIS LOAD AS BEFORE

FUR TRADERS OF THE NORTH

ASTORIA IN 1813

CARAVAN ON THE MARCH

WAGONS PARKED FOR THE NIGHT

TRAPPERS ATTACKED BY INDIANS

TRAIN STAMPEDED BY WILD HORSES

MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN C. FREMONT

AN OTO COUNCIL

MAP.

ROUTES OF SOME OF THE PATHFINDERS.

Notes:

"As published in 1911."

Originally published: Trails of the pathfinders. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1911.

ISBN:

1-58218-595-6

OCLC:

81068448