History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis Clark, Vol. 3: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and ... the Years 1804-5-6, by the Order of the Gover - Hardcover

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Excerpt from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis Clark, Vol. 3: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6, by the Order of the Government of the United States,; a Complete Reprint of the Biddle Elition of 1814

Captain Lewis and his party still proceed on the route mentioned in the last chap ter, and arrive at the forks of Maria's river, of which river a particular description is given Alarmed by the evidence that they are in the neighbourhood of nu friendly Indians, and much distressed for want of provisions, the weather proving unfavourable, they are compelled to return The face of the country de scribed - Interview with the unfriendly Indians, called Minnetarees of fort de Prairie Mutual consternation Resolution of Captain Lewis -they encamp together for the night, apparently with amicable dispositions The conversa tion that ensued between these new visitants - The conflict occasioned by the Indians attempting to seize the rifles and horses of the party, in which one is mortally wounded Captain Lewis kills another Indian, and his narrow escape Having taken four horses belonging to the Indians, they hastened with.

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