History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke: To the Sources of the Missouri ... Performed During the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1861 - Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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Ahnahaways animal antelope arrived Assiniboins Astoria bank beautiful plain beaver bluffs boat buffalo called Cameahwait camp canoes Captain Clarke Captain Lewis chokecherry cold colour Columbia Company continued corn Council Bluffs course covered creek deer distance dressed Drewyer eight encamped falls farther fire five forks formed four furs gave grand chief Gravelines half hills horses Hudson's Bay Company hundred yards hunt hunters inches Indians island Kanzas killed latitude lodges low grounds Mahas Mandans miles Minnetarees Missouri morning mouth nation nearly night northwest Northwest Company o'clock Osage party passed Pawnees peace pipe of peace pirogue plain Platte prairie quantities rapid reached returned Ricaras river rocks Rocky Mountains sand-bars seen sent shore Shoshonees side Sioux skin snow squaws stone stream Tetons timber tion to-day trade tribe village visited warriors weather willow wind yards wide
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Page xxxix - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States all his rights, claims, and pretensions to any territories east and north of the said line, and for himself, his heirs, and successors, renounces all claim to the said territories forever.
Page 312 - Indian behind him being afraid of not getting his share of the feast, had lashed the horse at every step since they set off; he therefore reined him in, and ordered the Indian to stop beating him. The fellow had no idea of losing time in disputing the point, and, jumping off the horse, ran for a mile at full speed. " Captain Lewis now slackened his pace, and followed at a sufficient distance to observe them.
Page 361 - These acts seem of nearly equal dignity, but the last, that of taking an enemy's scalp, is an honour quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle, and were a warrior to slay any number of his enemies in action, and others were to obtain the scalps or first touch the dead, they would have all the honours, since they have borne off the trophy.
Page 305 - ... such as are common on the Missouri. The prospect of going on by land is more pleasant; for there are great numbers of horses feeding in every direction round the camp, which will enable us to transport our stores if necessary over the mountains. Captain Lewis returned from the river to his lodge...
Page 167 - A Mr. Garrow, a Frenchman who has resided a long time among the Ricaras and Mandans, explained to us the mode in which they make their large beads, an art which they are said to have derived from some prisoners of the Snake Indian nation, and the knowledge of which is a secret even now confined to a few among the Mandans and Ricaras: the process is as follows: glass of different...
Page 55 - Indians, and are said to possess fine military capacities ; but, residing as they do in. villages, and having made considerable advance in agriculture, they seem less addicted to war than their northern neighbours, to whom the use of rifles gives a great superiority.
Page xiv - He likewise informed them of his having been off the mouth of a river in the latitude of 46° 10', where the outset, or reflux, was so strong as to prevent his entering for nine days.
Page 69 - ... being of the party, we sent him a flag, a medal, and some ornaments for clothing. To the six chiefs who were present, we gave a medal of the second grade to one Ottoe chief, and one Missouri chief; a medal of the third grade to two inferior chiefs of each nation: the customary mode of recognizing a chief, being to place a medal round his neck, which is considered among his tribe as a proof of his consideration abroad. Each of these medals was accompanied by a present of paint, garters, and cloth...
Page 104 - ... used alone or mixed with tobacco. The pipe is generally of red earth, the stem made of ash, about three or four feet long, and highly decorated with feathers, hair and porcupine quills. The hair of the women is suffered to grow long, and is parted from the forehead across the head, at the back of which it is either collected into a kind of bag, or hangs down over the shoulders. Their moccasins are like those of the men, as are also the leggings, which do not however reach beyond the knee, where...
Page 189 - ... as no wound except through the head or heart is mortal, they frequently fall a sacrifice if they miss their aim. He rather attacks than avoids a man, and such is the terror which he has inspired, that the Indians who go in quest of him paint themselves and perform all the superstitious rites customary when they make war on a neighbouring nation. Hitherto those we had seen did not appear desirous of encountering us...