Research Catalog

Title

Lewis & Clark, partners in discovery.

Author

Bakeless, John Edwin, 1894-1978.

Publication

New York, W. Morrow, 1947.

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Details

Description

xii, 498 p. illus., ports., maps (1 fold. col.); 22 cm.

Alternative Title

Lewis & Clark : partners in discovery

Subject

• Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
• Clark, William, 1770-1838
• Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)

Genre/Form

Americana – West (U.S.)

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [467]-486)

Indexed In (note)

• Smith, C.W. Pacific Northwest (3rd ed.),

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Preface -- Mr. Jefferson needs a secretary -- The Clarks and the Lewises -- Lt. Clark fights Indians -- Lt. Clark and General Wayne -- Tipple tax war: the Whiskey Rebellion -- Mr. Jefferson and his secretary -- Mr. Jefferson buys an empire -- Lt. Clark gets a letter -- The Corps of Discovery starts -- A winter's tale: Fort Mandan -- Aboriginal amours -- The next leg -- Grizzly bears and rattlesnakes -- At the great falls -- The search for the Shoshones -- Over the Great Divide -- Down the Columbia -- Fort Clatsop -- Homeward bound -- Over the Rockies again -- The Captains separate -- A rifle in the underbrush -- Last long miles -- Heroes in love -- His Excellency, Governor Lewis -- Tragedy in Tennessee -- His Excellency, Governor Clark -- More undiscovered country.
• Illustrations: Mrs. John Marks: Lucy Marks was the mother of Meriwether Lewis -- Julia Hancock: wife of William Clark, who called her "Judy" -- Father and son silhouettes: William Lewis; Meriwether Lewis -- Meriwether Lewis / Charles Willson Peale -- William Clark / Charles Willson Peale -- Mulberry Hill, Jefferson County, Kentucky, ca. 1896, was the home of William Clark's father, John Clark -- Locust Hill, the Lewis home / Nancy E. Scott -- Indian peace medal, supposedly given to Nez Perce chief, Twisted Hair, and later, in 1899, found near Clarkwater River, Idaho, during the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad -- An "Indian Commission" issued in the name of President Jefferson to important chiefs on 31 Aug 1804. Meriwether Lewis signs as "Captain, First Infantry," and William Clark (a Lieutenant) signs as "captain on an expedition for north western discovery" -- Missouri River boatmen / Charles Bodmer -- Buffalo and elk / Charles Bodmer -- Holding a council with the Indians / Patrick Gass -- Arikara village / George Catlin -- Minnetaree village in winter / Charles Bodmer -- Interior of a Mandan lodge / Charles Bodmer
• Illustrations: Mandan squaws: Sha-ko-ka (Mint); Mi-neek-e-sunk-te-ca (Mink) / George Catlin -- Akikara squaw: Pshan-shaw (Sweet Scented Grass) / George Catlin -- She-he-ke (Coyote, usually known as The Big White) was a subordinate chief of the Mandans / C.B.J.T. de St. Memin [Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin] -- On the upper Missouri / Charles Bodmer -- Nez Perce warriors: Rabbit Skin Leggings; No Horns on His Head. According to Nez Perce tradition almost a century later, "they walk to St. Louis to find Lewis and Clark, but when they get there Lewis already dead, too bad" -- M'Neal treed by a bear / Patrick Gass -- Grizzly bears / Charles Bodmer -- The Rocky Mountains in the early nineteenth century / Charles Bodmer -- Mandan bull-boats / Charles Bodmer -- Junction of the Missouri and Yellowstone / Charles Bodmer: On their return trip in 1806, Lewis and Clark planned to split ...to cover as much ground as possible. Lewis was to go overland north of the Missouri ...Clark was to go south.
• Maps: Detailed route of the Lewis and Clark expedition from the Mississippi River, north of St. Louis, Missouri, and following the Missouri River to north of Omaha, Nebraska / George A. Berk -- Detailed route of the expedition from Omaha, Nebraska, and following the Missouri River to Pierre, South Dakota / George A. Berk
• Maps: Detailed route of the expedition from Pierre, South Dakota, and following the Missouri River into Montana. Shows return route of Lewis along the Missouri River in Montana and return route of Clark along the Yellowstone River in Montana; shows return route of Lewis and Clark from junction of Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers and following Missouri River to Pierre, South Dakota / George A. Berk
• Maps: Detailed route of the expedition southwest from Montana following the Jefferson River to the Continental Divide over the Rocky Mountains at Lemhi Pass, then north to Lola Pass in the Bitterroot Mountain Range, and then west along the Snake River. The expedition's return route follows the Snake River from Washington to where Lewis and Clark split; Lewis heads north and Clark heads south / George A. Berk
• Maps: Detailed route of outward journey of Lewis and Clark through Montana; Lewis's and Clark's separate return routes through Montana / George A. Berk

LCCN

^^^47012243^

OCLC

• 327680
• SCSB-12858717

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library