Brackenridge's Journal of a voyage up the river Missouri, 1811; Franchère's Voyage to Northwest Coast, 1811-1814

A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and...

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE UP THE RIVER MISSOURI; performed in eighteen hundred and eleven. _H. M. Brackenridge_ Copyright Notice 22 Author’s Preface 23 Author’s Table of Contents 25 T...

NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814; or, the First American Settlement on the Pacific. _Gabriel Franchère_, translate...

in which Lisa’s keel-boat, manned by twenty-two oarsmen, made every effort to overtake the advance party, in order that forces might be joined against the hostile Sioux. It was...

Before the memorable expedition of Lewis and Clark, none was found adventurous enough to penetrate that extensive portion of our continent, more than a few hundred miles. It was...

Early the next morning we got under way with a light breeze, enabling us to carry sail tolerably well. About ten o’clock, from a change in the course of the river, it was found...

_Sunday 13th_ [_i. e._, _12th_]. Weather pleasant--the river rising rapidly; the drift wood descends in great quantities, and the current seems to augment every moment. We were...

Hitherto the rapidity of our movements, and the continual anxiety which prevailed amongst us, precluded the possibility of making any distant excursions, or of observing the dif...

This extensive portion of North America, has usually been described from a small part which is occupied by the settlements; as though {224} it were limited to the borders of the...

Departure from Wahoo--Storm--Arrival at the Mouth of the Columbia--Reckless Order of the Captain--Difficulty of the Entrance--Perilous Situation of the Ship--Unhappy Fate of a P...

Departure of the Tonquin--Indian Messengers--Project of an Expedition to the Interior--Arrival of Mr. Daniel Thompson--Departure of the Expedition--Designs upon us by the Native...

Arrival of the Ship Beaver--Unexpected Return of Messrs. D. Stuart, R. Stuart, M’Lelland, &c.--Cause of that Return--Ship discharging--New Expeditions--Hostile Attitude of the N...

Uneasiness respecting the “Beaver”--News of the Declaration of War between Great Britain and the United States--Consequences of that Intelligence--Different Occurrences--Arrival...

Arrival of the Ship “Albatross”--Reasons for the Non-Appearance of the Beaver at Astoria--Fruitless Attempt of Captain Smith on a Former Occasion--Astonishment and Regret of Mr....

Arrival of a Number of Canoes of the Northwest Company--Sale of the Establishment at Astoria to that Company--{14} Canadian News--Arrival of the British Sloop-of-War “Raccoon”--...

Departure from Astoria or Fort George--Accident--Passage of the Dalles or Narrows--Great Columbian Desert {15}--Aspect of the Country--Wallawalla and Shaaptin Rivers--Rattlesnak...

Arrival at the Fort of the Mountains--Description of this Post--Some Details in Regard to the Rocky Mountains--Mountain Sheep, &c.--Continuation of the Journey--Unhappy Accident...

Since the independence of the United States of America, the merchants of that industrious and enterprising nation have carried on an extremely advantageous commerce on the north...

We remained in Montreal the rest of the spring and a part of the summer. At last, having completed our arrangements for the journey, we received orders to proceed, and on the 26...

and differs from Franchère’s in many details. Ross also throws doubt upon the good faith of the Indian survivor. The other accounts represent that the men who escaped in the boa...