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
Subtitle: performed during the years 1804-5-6 : by order of the government of the United States
By: prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire ; in two volumes
Contributors: Clark, William, 1770-1838, author; Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844, author; Allen, Paul, 1775-1826, editor
Series: Indigenous Peoples: North America; Indigenous Peoples: North America
Publisher: Bradford and Inskeep, and Abm. H. Inskeep, Newyork
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Description and travel; History; Travel; Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Other titles: Expedition to the Missouri; Lewis and Clark's expedition up the Missouri
Notes: This, the first authentic history of the expedition, was written by Nicholas Biddle, and edited by Paul Allen. See E. Coues, Hist. of the expedition, 1893; Appleton, Cycl. Amer. biogr.

Vol. 1: xxviii, 470 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: ix, [1], 522 p., [3] leaves of plates.

The appendix contains: (1) Observations and reflections on the present and future state of upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations ... and the trade and intercourse with the same. By Captain Lewis. (2) A summary statement of the rivers, creeks and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, &c., their distances from the Mississippi, ascending the Missouri, across the Rocky mountains, and down the Columbia to the Pacific ocean, as was explored in the years 1804, 5 and 6 by Captains Lewis and Clarke. (3) Estimate of the western Indians. (4) Thermometrical observations, showing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi (Missouri) ; appearances of weather, winds, &c. (5) Remarks and reflections [January 1, 1804, to August 22, 1806].

Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Preface / Paul Allen. Life of Captain Lewis / Thomas Jefferson. Lewis and Clarke's expedition up the Missouri; title: v. 2: Lewis and Clarke's expedition up the Missouri [cont'd]. Observations and reflections on the present and future state of Upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations ... and the trade and intercourse with the same / by Captain Lewis. A summary statement of the rivers, creeks and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, &c., their distances from the Mississippi, ascending the Missouri, across the Rocky mountains, and down the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, as was explored in the years 1804, 5 and 6 / by Captains Lewis and Clarke. Estimate of the western Indians. Thermometrical observations, showing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi (Missouri); appearances of weather, winds, &c. Remarks and reflections [January 1, 1804, to August 22, 1806].