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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 THE YEARS 1804-5-6.
By order of the
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
PREPARED FOR THE PRESS
BY PAUL ALLEN, ESQUIRE.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHED BY BRADFORD AND INSKEEP; AND
ABM. H. INSKEEP, NEW YORK.
J. Maxwell, Printer
1814.
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit:
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-second day of January, in thethirty-eighth year of the independence of the United States of America, A.D.1814,Bradford and Inskeep, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of abook, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:
"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 theRiver Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the Years 1804-5-6, byorder of the Government of the United States. Prepared for the press by PaulAllen, Esquire."
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DAVID CALDWELL,
Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.
PREFACE.
In presenting these volumes to the public, the editorowes equally to himself and to others, to state the circumstanceswhich have preceded the publication, and to explainhis own s