Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-08-12
lPARTTHE FIRST: IN Two VOLUMES.
VOLUME. FIRST

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VIII contain nl'rStve of the vovaFe with
description of some of the most remarkable pla
ees in those hitherto unknown wiids Of Amer
e., accompanied Nv map OF GOOD size a iatge
CHAT of the entrance Of the Cuur1bia river en-
bracing he adjacen, cnun'ry, c,ast and hs' Jo,s
and eTnbel'isnet with vieEs of two beautiful
c1'ararts OF the Missou'i; rhe plan, a large
scale OF ife connected falls OF .ha, river, rs a'so
ofthose of nc falls, ra-rows < grea, rapids o.
che Cp.uyrbia, with their severa! poriaCes Foo
The Information o! future voyageTs 'hecs viii bc
ad'ed1n the equal of this volume. some obssrva
ti9us & remarks on the navigation of ne n s1uri
& Columbia rivers, pclnting ont re p &c au'ions
which ms necessarily be aiken. 10 oder en-
sure success, ge:her with ~ Itinerary e 1Ec
mcst dTcc' aud practioaoe route ac,oss thc con
tiuen' IF North kmerica. f. IN nc ccniiu nee of
The MssooGi and Mississippi; rivers - th, dis
charge of he Cou'hia into the fatiEc Ocean
VOLUME SECOND
Whatever properly apper,aics 20 e. ograph, +,
embracing de acr1ptil6 az he givefa. "a aios
climate soil and face of ne c5uRtry; a view E
the Indian nations distributed ever hat vas re-
giou. showing der traditions hahi,s. n nns-s,
customs national Chatsciers. sy7tvrc comp ex.-
ons. dfess, dwellings arms, and dome. tic utensils
with many other interesting particulars in rcl1-
tion to them: also Oh eva,ions and reflections
on the subjects Of oiviiizirg governing and main.
tanning a friendly in,ercourie with those na,ions,
A view Jf the fur trade OF NoY;h America see
ting tor'h plan for its extension, aud showing
the imTense advantages which wcuid accrre 20
the mercantile interests of the United States
BY combining the same with a direct trade to tire
East Indies through the continent Of North A
meflca. This volume Will o. eT7ocllished with
twenty plates illustrative of the dress and gene
raj appearance Of such Indian nations as diff
materially from each Others Of their habitationa
their weapons and hsbnrents ssed IN war;
their hunting and fshiUs apparatus; do-estic
esensiis, NC. In appendix there will also be
given diary Of the weather, kept with great 81.
tention throughout the whole of the voy2ge
showing also the daily rise and fall of the prin.
sip2 wa'er"courses which were navigatcd in .iht
course Of the same
PART TIE SECOND: IN ONE VOLUME
This part Of the work will he confined oxcu'
sigely 70 scientific research, aud principally TO III,
uarif2' history OF those hitherto unknown regi
ems. Ii will contain full dissertation on sucl
subjects as have fallen wnhin the no.ice OF III,
author, and which NAV properly be distribuieC
un3er the heads Of Doany. MineralCgy anc
Zoology. together with some syri ,sres on The ori
gin OF Praires, the cause OF tire Wudiipess Of the
Missouri, -fvoearic appearance ,SI her natuya
phenomena which were met with IN tho couysC
OF this Interesting tour This volume vii asC
contain a comparative view of twenty three vo
cabuiaries of DIS iuct Indian languages procu,sd
by Captains Lewis and Clark OF me voyage
and will be 0rnsmen'ei and enbei he'd win a
much greater number Of plates ,han will be I've
slowed on the FIRST part % inc work as il is in
tended that every subjoo' Of neutral hs,ory which
- entirely new, and OF which these are consi
deTabie numner, shaiibs accompanied b. an ap
pTOpViate engraving iiiustrative of Il.
This distribution IF the work has bern mad,
with view 20 ;he accommodation Of every dep
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enii'e work, as it shall DC mosr convenient t
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