Lewis and Clarke, Pioneers of the Great American Northwest: Daring and Successful Explorers Discoverers of the Head-Waters of the Columbia...
- ISBN-10
- 1332806597
- ISBN-13
- 9781332806591
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 398
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-06-27
- Author
- Paul Allen
Description
Excerpt from Lewis and Clarke, Pioneers of the Great American Northwest: Daring and Successful Explorers Discoverers of the Head-Waters of the Columbia River The party pursue their Route towards the Kooskooskee - They reach the Kinnooenim Creek - Meet with an old Acquaintance, called the Big horn Indian - Arrive at the Mouth of the Kooskooskee - Difiiculty of purchasing Provisions from the Natives, and new Device of the Party to obtain them - Chopunnish Style of Architecture - Captain Clarke turns Physician, and performs several Experiments upon the Natives with Success - Instance of their Honesty - Distress of the Indians for want of Provisions during the Winter - The Party finally meet Twisted Hair, to whom their Horses had been intrusted on their Jour ney down - Quarrel between that Chief and another of his Nation, in regard to his Horses - Causes of the Controversy stated at large - The two Chiefs reconciled by the Interference of the Party, and the Horses restored - Extraordinary Instance of Indian Hospitality to wards Strangers - Council held with the Chopunnish, and the Object of the Expedition explained - The Party perform other medical Cures Answer of the Chopunnish to the Speech delivered at the Council, rat ified by a singular Ceremony - They promise faithfully to follow the advice of their Visitors.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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