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Journal of travels from St. Josephs to Oregon : with observations of that country, together with some description of California, its agricultural interests, and a full description of its gold mines / by Riley Root.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Root, Riley, 1799-1872, author.
Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874, author.
Contributor:
Newberry Library, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Root, Riley, 1799-1872--Travel--West (U.S.).
Root, Riley.
Gold mines and mining--California.
Gold mines and mining.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Whitman Massacre, 1847.
California--Description and travel.
California.
California--Gold discoveries.
Oregon--Description and travel.
Oregon.
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
West (U.S.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (143 pages)
Place of Publication:
Galesburg : Gazetteer and Intelligencer Prints, 1850.
Notes:
"Waiilatpu massacre : account of the murder of Dr. Whitman, as given by Rev. H.H. Spalding": pages [71]-102.
AMDigital Reference: Graff 3565
Collection: Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
Much of this book is from Palmer, Journal of the travels over the Rocky Mountains; the account of the Whitman massacre is wholly that of H.H. Spalding.
Contains:
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881. Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains.

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