Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains: Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 ; by Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Under the Command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers, Volum 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 8 pàgines 1823 account of a major government sponsored expedition to the Western lands, by steamboat down the Ohio, then up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, intending to reach Yellowstone. The team's botanist and geologist Edwin James compiled the account from the journals of its commander Maj. Long, Thomas Say and other members of the party. The expedition produced the first scientific data on the flora and fauna of the general area of the Santa Fe Trail. |
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abundant Alleghany Alleghany mountains animals appearance argillaceous argillite Arkansa Arkansa territory arrived ascend bank Bayou Belle Point bisons bluffs bottoms camp Canadian Cape Girardeau character Cherokees chief clay-slate colour commencing confluence considerable cotton-wood Council Bluff creek degrees distance east elevated encampment expedition extensive feet fertile forests Fork formation Fort Smith freshets granite hills hilly horses hot springs hundred miles hunters Indians journey Konzas Lake latitude limestone Mississippi Missouri moun mouth navigable nearly numerous observed occupied occur Ohio old red sandstone Osage river Osages Ozark mountains party passed Pawnees plain Platte portion prairie primitive range ravine Red river red sandstone region ridges rising Rocky Mountains sand seen settlements side situated soil sources south-west species strata stratum streams summits surface tains timber tion tracts traversed trees tributaries usually valley variety Verdigrise village Washita White river