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THE TRAIL q LEWIS ANI5s CLARK.
II BY Olin d, Wheeler. In Two Vol
,irnes Published by q. r. Putnnm's
Sons, OF New York and London. For
sale IN Richmond Ivy Hunter an6
Company
OF many timely books which have been
brought out by the celebration Of tho
Louisiana Purchase in the st, Louis on
hibit. none will be more closely read or
excite a greater degree of interest than
those In which Mr.. Wheeler has assoc
gciated the personality of two of the most
remarkable Of American explorers, sol
diers and pioneers with the DEVELOPMENT.
N f4that part OF the United States, broadly
INCLUDED in "the Purchase. JEs
u TO begin with the books publishetFby,
Z G. p, Putnam's Sons are beautiful exam
4 Piles of binding, illustration and tSpog-4
raphy. the profile in miniature of Lewis
q and Clark ornalnenting the cover II o t;
each volume, the maps of the trail ana
the pictured representations of people
and events within being all the finest
and most beautifully executed of their
kind. i5 IL &
The first volume begins with the innug-
ftration OF Thomas jefferson as President
OF the United States in 1901, and refer
to the considerations that controlled his
policy; In the conduct of Louisiana pu r.
chase and It's exploration. The state
ment made as to the extent OF territory
claimed by the United States In this
4 transaction Is Important. y 1t says: With
{ out going into details, the United Sta tesl
claimed, TO the east, the country about
/ the lower Mississippi to the region be-
y tween Mobile River and Pensacola; TO the
west, the country drained by the Missis--s
sippi River and its tributaries. which
under La Sales discoveries and y occup "a,
ton extended to the Rio Grande del.
Norte; and thenzo North bound from its
\ sources TO the summit Of the Rocky
1 mountains. the mountains being the vest
4 ern limit Of tho Purchase After tho
treaty between the United States anil
Spain, In 1919, the limits of the i Purchase
swere extended to take In. AL country
second degree of attitude, and westward w. <,
to the Pacfic,,'$a preYtou claim 70 this
oregon country, ba sed on the Lewis ana
Clark and other explorations, belng thus
settled beyond dispute. u
The chapter in which all this is made
L blain} is additionally enriched by pictures
OF j efferson, Monroe. OF Barbes Nlarpols.
Napoleon's negotia tor in the "a sale OF
y Louisiana, OF a copy of David's portra1tt
aof Napoleon, which now h nan IN me
public library at Minneapolis Mimi Of
! a map showing the purchase after the
St reatys of}lSl9 and a fac smile page II OH
one Of the Lewis and Clark journals
Chapter the second, shows the commits
Il sion of Captain Lewis, OF the First United
states regular Infantry. dated April IL, .
1902 and contributed through the court II
q esys@ Of b. r. Gcott. OF Galveston. Tex a
" fine reproduction of Meriwether Lewis
in his capacity as private secretary TO
President Jefferson Is taken from n St.
3 Memn. now owned by Charles n. Ander-
N son. Of Ivy, Albemarle county Va A
copy from the portrait In independence
4 Hall. Philadelphia gives one an. excel
lent impression of William Clarks clear
.Scut and resoute cast of features. while
other pictures of interest are the old
/ house at Partlow's.5 Spotsylvania county,
i Va. in which Captain ClnrkS4w born.
$Jefferson's letter Of cred to y Captain
n Lewis, a picture of the telescope used by
Lewis in his explora tons. and a grouping
of the original Journals or Goddess of
Lewis and Clark. An extract from JEFF
&ferson's letter of instructions to Captain
Lewis that forms a part OF the second
chapter Is given here TO make clear to
4 the mind Of the student. the scope and
Importance OF an expedition, the full res
4 suits of which are just blossomlng into
realization in the 1ainds of men. Jefferson
writes:
n s'.The object of9your mission Il. to eX-E
plore the Missouri River and such prin-
eipal streams of IT. as by course and com
munication Will, he waters Of the Pa
cific ocean. whether the Columbia, Ores
5S gon. Colorado or any other river, may
offer the most direct and practicable
\ water communication across the continent
for the purpoSe OF commerce.
s 4. = "You will endeavor to make
yourself acquainted as far as a digent
pursuit Of your Journey shall admit with,
the names OF the nations and their num-
ebcrs, their possessions, their language,
Z traditions. monuments, peculiarities In
An their laws. the state Of morality, re-
ligion and MISUNDERSTANDING them.
'other objects worthy Of notice will
a be. The soil and face Of the country. its
growth and vegetable productions, espe-
I cially those not OF the United States. the
animals of the country generally and es-
pecially those not known in the United
Z States" n
The Lewis and Clark expedition SO
y Mr.. Wheeler says, In leaving st Louis.
\ May IA. 1904, Included with their Lead
ers forty-iive carefully picked frontiers
! men. Nine We're young men from Ken
lucky, fourteen United States soldiers;
two We're French Watermen. one nun
4 ter and interpreter and one5a black SER
want Belonging to Captain Clark. A cor
pGral with six soldiers and nine watermen
Z had been engaged to accompany the eX-4
s petition as faras the Manhan nation to
assist in carrying stones or repelling an
81 attack. l
The nativity OF Merewether Lewis as
Nirginian, his age, twentS-nine years.
his connection with the best Virginia
families. his education, his secretary
ship under Jefferson and his fitness to
command a difficult. important and dan
a gerous expedition are set forth as well