Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean: Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815 - Columbia River |
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TRAVELS OF THE SOURCE OF THE M, Volume 3 Meriwether 1774-1809 Lewis,William 1770-1838 Clark,Thomas 1777-1864 Rees No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 112 - Sacajawea was sent for; she came into the tent, sat down, and was beginning to interpret, when, in the person of Cameahwait, she recognized her brother. She instantly jumped up, and ran and embraced him, throwing over him her blanket, and weeping profusely. The chief was himself moved, though not in the same degree. After some conversation between them she resumed her seat and attempted to interpret for us; but her new situation seemed to overpower her, and she was frequently interrupted by her tears.
Page 248 - ... their heads flattened in such a manner that the forehead is in a straight line from the nose to the crown of the head...
Page 112 - ... their situation. They had been companions in childhood, in the war with the Minnetarees they had both been taken prisoners in the same battle, they had shared and softened the rigors of their captivity, till one of them had escaped from the Minnetarees, with scarce a hope of ever seeing her friend relieved from the hands of her enemies.
Page 122 - Platte, is, generally speaking, very fine, and although the timber is scarce, there is still sufficient for the purposes of settlers. But beyond that river, although the soil is still rich, yet the almost total absence of timber,' and particularly the want of good water, of which there is but a small quantity in the creeks, and even that brackish, oppose powerful obstacles to its settlement. The difficulty becomes still greater between the Muscle-shell river and the Falls, where, besides the greater...
Page 248 - Chopunnish, long leathern shirts highly decorated with beads and shells, the Sokulk females have no other covering but a truss or piece of leather tied round the hips and then drawn tight between the legs. The ornaments usually worn by both sexes are large blue or white beads, either pendant from their ears or round the necks, wrists, and arms; they have likewise bracelets of brass, copper, and horn, and some trinkets of shells, fish bones, and curious feathers.
Page 81 - They followed a descent much steeper than that on the eastern side, and at the distance of three quarters of a mile reached a handsome, bold creek of cold, clear water running to the westward. They stopped to taste, for the first time, the waters of the Columbia...
Page 277 - Having descended in this way for a mile, we reached a pitch of the river, which, being divided by two large rocks, descends with great rapidity down a fall eight feet in height. As the boats could not be navigated down this steep descent we were obliged to land and let them down as slowly as possible by strong ropes of elk skin which we had prepared for the purpose. They all passed in safety except one, which, being loosed by the breaking of the ropes, was driven down, but was recovered by the Indians...
Page 304 - ... other vaults contained only bones, which were in some of them piled to the height of four feet : on the tops of the vaults, and on poles attached to them, hung brass kettles and frying-pans, with holes in their bottoms, baskets, bowls, seashells, skins, pieces of cloth, hair, bags of trinkets, and small bones, the offerings of friendship or affection, which...
Page 401 - They are hollowed 400 at the top, so as to receive the ends of a round beam or pole, stretching from one to the other, and forming the upper point of the roof for the whole extent of the building. On each side of this range is placed another, which forms the eaves of the house, and is about...
Page 84 - ... enveloped in a smooth thin pellicle. They proceeded along a waving plain parallel to this valley for about four miles, when they discovered two women, a man, and some dogs, on an eminence at the distance of a mile before them. The strangers first viewed them apparently with much attention for a few minutes, and then two of them sat down as if to await Captain Lewis's arrival.