Voyage from Saint Louis in the Territory of Louisiana and on the River Mississippi Across the Continent of North America by Way of the River Missouri to the Pacific Or Western Ocean in the Years 1803, 4, 5 & 1806 ...
Author | : Joseph Whitehouse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1806 |
Genre | : Explorers |
ISBN | : |
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The most significant transcontinental journey in U.S. history, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was not only recorded in the journals and observations of the two captains, but also by four other members of the party. Private Joseph Whitehouse maintained during the expedition a journal consisting of extensive field notes bound in a single volume of three parts the extant portion covering the period May 14, 1804 to Nov. 6, 1805 (cf. Newberry manuscript *Ayer MS 978). Upon returning to St. Louis in the fall of 1806, Whitehouse had prepared by a copyist this new and expanded journal, May 14, 1804 - April 6, 1806, with the intent of having it published. This paraphrased version of the original journal includes a preface and fills in some gaps lacking in the original.