Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and '20, by Order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Party, Volumen 1Longman, Hurst, Pees, Orre & Brown, 1823 |
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... present form from the operation of streams of water . They do not , like the accessary ridges of the Alleghany , form high and continuous chains , apparently influencing the direction of rivers , but present groups of conic eminences ...
... present form from the operation of streams of water . They do not , like the accessary ridges of the Alleghany , form high and continuous chains , apparently influencing the direction of rivers , but present groups of conic eminences ...
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... present posi- tion , would seem to indicate that the bed of the river had changed its place , having formerly traversed the point from north - east to south - west , in a direct line . In times of high floods the water is , in part ...
... present posi- tion , would seem to indicate that the bed of the river had changed its place , having formerly traversed the point from north - east to south - west , in a direct line . In times of high floods the water is , in part ...
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... present form . These hills diminish in altitude as you approach the falls from above ; there they again rise to a height nearly equal to what they attain at the head of the river , and from thence gra- dually diminish , until they ...
... present form . These hills diminish in altitude as you approach the falls from above ; there they again rise to a height nearly equal to what they attain at the head of the river , and from thence gra- dually diminish , until they ...
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... present proprietors . At the mouth of the Kaskaskia river , on the east bank of the Mississippi , a town has been recently commenced , called Portland . The high lands ap- proach here to the brink of the river , affording an elevated ...
... present proprietors . At the mouth of the Kaskaskia river , on the east bank of the Mississippi , a town has been recently commenced , called Portland . The high lands ap- proach here to the brink of the river , affording an elevated ...
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... present condition of this important town , are too well known to be dwelt upon in this place . Its population has been rapidly augmented within a few years , by the immigration of numerous families , and its wealth and business ex ...
... present condition of this important town , are too well known to be dwelt upon in this place . Its population has been rapidly augmented within a few years , by the immigration of numerous families , and its wealth and business ex ...
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Alleghany Alleghany mountains animal appear arrived arrows ascending bank base beneath Big Elk bison bluffs boat body breast called Camp Missouri Cantonment Charaton chiefs colour Council Bluff Creek distance Dougherty ears elevated encamped extended Father feet fore finger forests Fort Lisa Fort Osage genus ground hair head hills horizontal horses hundred hunters hunting husband inches Indians Ioways island Kaskaskia river killed Konza village land length limestone lodge Loutre maize Major O'Fallon margin miles Mississippi Missouri Missouri Fur Company mockasins mouth nation nearly observed Ohio Omawhaws opposite Osage Otoes party passed Pawnee Pittsburgh Platte portion prairie present rapid red skins resembles right hand river rocks sandstone Saukees shell side soil sometimes species specimen squaws steam-boat strata surface tail thumb tion trader transversely trees valley Wahconda warriors whilst Wolf river
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Página 97 - Charaton, was the extreme frontier of the settlements. For a great distance below, the establishments of the white settlers were confined to the immediate banks of the Missouri. The inhabitants of this frontier are mostly emigrants from Tennessee, and are hospitable to strangers. Many of them are possessed of considerable wealth. In the inhabitants of the new States and Territories there is a manifest propensity, particularly in the males, to remove westward, for which it is not easy to account.
Página 55 - Tumuli and other remains of the labors of nations of Indians (?) that inhabited this region many ages since are remarkably numerous about St. Louis. Those tumuli immediately northward of the town and within a short distance of it, are twenty-seven in number, of various forms and magnitudes, arranged nearly in a line from north to south. The common form is an oblong square, and they all stand on the second bank of the river. * * It seems probable these piles of earth were raised as cemeteries, or...
Página 232 - ... mediately with them, although no ill-will exists between ' them ; they will not, on any account, mention each ' other's name in company, nor look in each other's faces ; ' any conversation that passes between them is conducted ' through the medium of some other person.
Página 3 - Mr. Seymour, as painter for the expedition, will furnish sketches of landscapes, whenever we meet with any distinguished for their beauty and grandeur. He will also paint miniature likenesses, or portraits if required, of distinguished Indians and exhibit groups of savages engaged in celebrating their festivals, or sitting in council, and in general illustrate any subject, that may be deemed appropriate in his art...
Página 271 - Combat — The clenched hands are held about as high as the neck, and five or six inches asunder, then waved two or three times laterally, to show the advances and retreats of the combatants; after which the fingers of each hand are suffered to spring from the thumb towards each other, as in the act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of missiles.
Página 141 - Konzas; he had first struck the bodies of three of that nation slain in battle. He had stolen horses from the letan nation, and had struck one of their dead. He had stolen horses from the Pawnees, and struck the body of one Pawnee Loup. He had stolen horses several times from the Omawhaws, and once from the Puncas.