Adventures On The Columbia River 1831 In Two Volumes PDF Download

Excerpt from The Columbia River, Vol. 2 of 2: Or, Scenes and Adventures During a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, Among Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together With a Journey Across the American Continent Canoe Valley and River - Appearance of mountains - M'Gillivray's Rock - Dangerous situation of party on a raft - Arrive at Rocky Mountain House - Volcanic appearances - Animals, &c. - Indian tradition respecting Mammoth - Difference in size of trees; Descent of the Athabasca River - Party disappointed in receiving provisions - Elk River and Lake - Join the brigade from Lesser Slave Lake - Arrive at Ile a la Crosse - Dreadful effects of the opposition between the North-West and Hudson's Bay Companies - Sketch of Mr. Peter Ogden; English river - Pass numerous lakes and rapids - Arrive at Cumberland House - Saskachawaine river - Lake Winepic - Aurora Borealis - River Winepic - Meet various parties - Rainy Lake and Fort - Death of an Indian; Leave Rainy Lake - Messrs. M'Gillivray and La Rocque - Sketch of Messrs. Wentzel and M'Neill - Great falls of the mountain - Description of Fort William, its inhabitants, &c. 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."