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Title: History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I.
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.

Author: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Editor: Paul Allen

Release Date: August 20, 2005 [EBook #16565]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western
Portion of North America, From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; by
Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5&6.
Copied by Samuel Lewis from the Original Drawing by Wm. Clark.]

HISTORY

OF

THE EXPEDITION

UNDER THE COMMAND OF

_CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK,_

TO

THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI,

THENCE

ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

AND DOWN THE

RIVER COLUMBIA TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

PERFORMED DURING