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Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the mouth of the Columbia river; made during the years 1845 and 1846: containing minute descriptions of the valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua, and Clamet; a general description of Oregon Territory; its inhabitants, climate, soil, productions, etc., etc.; a list of necessary outfits for emigrants; and a table of distances from camp to camp on the route. Also; a letter from the Rev. H.H. Spalding, resident missionary, for the last ten years, among the Nez Percé tribe of Indians, on the Koos-koos-kee River; the organic laws of Oregon Territory; tables of about 300 words of the Chinook jargon, and about 200 words of the Nez Percé language; a description of Mount Hood; incidents of travel, &c., &c.

Title: Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the mouth of the Columbia river; made during the years 1845 and 1846: containing minute descriptions of the valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua, and Clamet; a general description of Oregon Territory; its inhabitants, climate, soil, productions, etc., etc.; a list of necessary outfits for emigrants; and a table of distances from camp to camp on the route. Also; a letter from the Rev. H.H. Spalding, resident missionary, for the last ten years, among the Nez Percé tribe of Indians, on the Koos-koos-kee River; the organic laws of Oregon Territory; tables of about 300 words of the Chinook jargon, and about 200 words of the Nez Percé language; a description of Mount Hood; incidents of travel, &c., &c. By Joel Palmer.
Author: Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881.
Publication: Cincinnati, J.A. & U.P. James, 1852.

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viii, 9-189 p.; 20.5 cm.

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*KF 1852 (Palmer, J. Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains)

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18580648

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Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881.

Title

Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the mouth of the Columbia river; made during the years 1845 and 1846: containing minute descriptions of the valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua, and Clamet; a general description of Oregon Territory; its inhabitants, climate, soil, productions, etc., etc.; a list of necessary outfits for emigrants; and a table of distances from camp to camp on the route. Also; a letter from the Rev. H.H. Spalding, resident missionary, for the last ten years, among the Nez Percé tribe of Indians, on the Koos-koos-kee River; the organic laws of Oregon Territory; tables of about 300 words of the Chinook jargon, and about 200 words of the Nez Percé language; a description of Mount Hood; incidents of travel, &c., &c. By Joel Palmer.

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Cincinnati, J.A. & U.P. James, 1852.

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