{"product_id":"travels-of-the-source-of-the-missouri-river-and-across-the-american-continent-to-the-pacific-ocean-3-volume-set-performed-by-order-of-the-government-of-the-united-states-in-the-years-1804-1805-and-1806-9781108023818","title":"Travels of the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 3 Volume Set; Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 (Multiple-component retail product) 9781108023818","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTravels of the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 3 Volume Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePerformed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804–1806 was of vital importance to the western expansion of the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMeriwether Lewis (Author), William Clark (Author), Thomas Rees (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108023818, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 9 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1212 pages\u003cbr\u003e33 x 25.2 x 7 cm, 2.05 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804–1806 across America from Pittsburg to the Pacific and back was the third recorded transcontinental journey. President Jefferson had negotiated the Louisiana Purchase of over two million square kilometres from the French in 1803, and the aim of the expedition was to investigate the territory involved. He commissioned a Corps of Discovery as a scientific and military expedition to survey the acquisition, appointing his aide Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) to lead it. It was hoped to discover that the Missouri and other rivers could be used for transcontinental communication and transport, and to assess the natural resources of the area. Some of the party returned east with specimens, reports and a map, while the remainder reached the Pacific in December 1805. The importance of the expedition lay in its mapping of the territory, and establishing friendly relations with some of the native tribes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: 1. The party set out on the expedition, and pass Wood River\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some account of the Pawnee Indians\u003cbr\u003e 3. Whimsical instance of superstition of the Sioux Indians\u003cbr\u003e 4. Council held with the Tetons\u003cbr\u003e 5. Council held with the Mandans\u003cbr\u003e 6. The party increase in the favour of the Mandans\u003cbr\u003e 7. Indian method of attacking the buffaloe on the ice\u003cbr\u003e 8. Unusual appearance of salt\u003cbr\u003e 9. The party continue their route\u003cbr\u003e 10. Return of Captain Lewis\u003cbr\u003e 11. Description and romantic appearance of the Missouri at the junction of the Medicine River. Volume 2: 12. The party embark on board the canoes\u003cbr\u003e 13. The name of the Missouri changed, as the river now divides itself into three forks, one of which is called after Jefferson, the other Madison, and the other after Gallatin\u003cbr\u003e 14. Captain Lewis proceeds before the main body in search of the Shoshonees\u003cbr\u003e 15. Affecting interview between the wife of Chaboneau and the chief of the Shoshonees\u003cbr\u003e 16. Contest between Drewyer and a Shoshonee\u003cbr\u003e 17. The party, after procuring horses from the Shoshonees, proceed on their journey through the mountains\u003cbr\u003e 18. The party proceed in canoes\u003cbr\u003e 19. The party in their passage still visited by the Indians\u003cbr\u003e 20. First appearance of tide water in the Columbia River\u003cbr\u003e 21. Extravagant passion of the natives for blue beads, which constitute amongst them the circulating medium of the country\u003cbr\u003e 22. A party, headed by Captain Clarke, go in quest of a whale driven on the shore of the Pacific to obtain some of its oil\u003cbr\u003e 23. An account of the Clatsops, Killamucks, Chinnooks, and Cathlamahs. Volume 3: 24. A general description of the beasts, birds, and plants, \u0026amp;c. found by the party in this expedition\u003cbr\u003e 25. Difficulty of procuring means of subsistence for the party\u003cbr\u003e 26. Description of Wappatoo Island, and the mode in which the nations gather wappatoo\u003cbr\u003e 27. Captain Clarke procures four horses for the transportation of the baggage\u003cbr\u003e 28. The party still pursue their route towards the Kooskooskee on horseback, with Wollawollah guides\u003cbr\u003e 29. The party encamp amongst the Chopunnish\u003cbr\u003e 30. The party mingle in the diversions of the Willetpos Indians, a tribe hitherto unnoticed\u003cbr\u003e 31. The party proceed on their journey with their Indian guides, and at length agree to divide, to take several routes, and to meet again at the mouth of the Yellowstone River\u003cbr\u003e 32. Captain Lewis and his party still proceed on the route mentioned in the last chapter, and arrive at the forks of Maria's River\u003cbr\u003e 33. The party commanded by Captain Clarke, previous to his being joined by Captain Lewis, proceed along Clarke's River, in pursuance of the route mentioned in a preceding chapter\u003cbr\u003e 34. Captain Clarke proceeds with his party down the river\u003cbr\u003e 35. The party, while descending the river in their skin canoes, are overtaken by the detachment under Captain Lewis, and the whole party, now once more happily united, descend the Missouri together\u003cbr\u003e 36. 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