An interesting account of the voyages and travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke, in the years 1804-5, & 6.
Subtitle: Giving a faithful description of the river Missouri and its source--of the various tribes of Indians through which they passed--manners and customs--soil--climate--commerce--gold and silver mines--animal and vegetable productions. Interspersed with very entertaining anecdotes, and a variety of other useful and pleasing information, remarkably calculated to delight and instruct the readers. To which is added a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue
By: by William Fisher, Esq
Contributors: Clark, William, 1770-1838; Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780; Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820; Buchan, William, 1729-1805; Gould, James F.; Collins, Benjamin; United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson)
Publisher: Printed and published by P. Mauro, no. 10, North Howards St.
Published: 1813
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Cree language; Social life and customs; Glossaries, vocabularies; Indians of North America; Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); Indian linguistics; Discovery and exploration
Work titles: Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke
Notes: A spurious account, of which the earliest American edition, Philadelphia, 1809, appeared under title: "The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke." The various spurious editions are made up of material taken principally from three sources: 1) Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red river and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, Washington, 1806; 2) Jonathan Carver's "Travels through the interior parts of North America ... in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768"; 3) Alexander Mackenzie's "Voyage from Montreal ... through the continent of North America in the years 1789 and 1796". For detailed descriptions of contents of this and other spurious editions cf. "History of the expedition ... of Lewis and Clark", edited by Elliott Coues, 1893, v. 1, p. cviii-cxvii; and V.H. Paltsits' "Bibliographical data, in Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition", edited by R.G. Thwaites, 1904, v. 1, p. lxvi-lxx.

"Anecdotes", p. [261]-266, signed William Buchan.

Vocabulary of the Knistenaux (i.e. Crees): p. [116]-124.

Signatures: [A] B-X Y (Y4 blank)

Sabin 24508.

Shaw & Shoemaker 28817.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in comtemporary treed calf; rebacked.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library: James F. Gould, of Boston, 1816: autograph on front pastedown; Benjamin Collins, 1819: autograph on title page.