Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852
By: by Randolph E. Marcy ... ; assisted by George B. McClellan ... ; with reports on the natural history of the country ...
Contributors: Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887.; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885.
Series: Senate. Ex. [doc.] - [United States], 32d Cong., 2d sess -- no. 54.; Western Americana, 1550-1900 -- reel 573, no. 5866.; Senate executive document (United States. Congress (32nd, 2nd session). Senate) -- 32nd Congress, 2nd session, no. 54.
Publisher: R. Armstrong
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Southwest, Old; Zoology -- Red River of Louisiana; Botany -- Texas; Botany -- Indian Territory; Geology -- Indian Territory; Paleontology -- Indian Territory; Red River of Louisiana; United States -- Discovery and exploration
Notes: Another ed. (Washington, B. Tucker, 1854) has t.-p. headed: 33d Congress, 1st session, Senate. Executive doc.

Appendixes: A. Meteorological observations.--B. Tables of courses and distances.--C. Mineralogy: Report on the minerals collected, by C.U. Shepard.--D. Geology: Notes upon the specimens of rocks and minerals, by Edward Hitchcock. Remarks upon the general geology of the country traversed, by George G. Shumard.--E. Palaeontology: Description of the species of carboniferous and cretaceous fossils, by B.F. Shumard.--F. Zoology: Mammals, by R.B. Marcy. Reptiles [and] fishes, by S.F. Baird and C. Girard. Shells, by C.B. Adams and G.G. Shumard. Orthopterous insects, arachnidians, myriapods, by C. Girard.--G. Botany; Description of the plants, by John Torrey.--H. Ethnology: Vocabulary of the Comanches and Witchitas, by R.B. Marcy, with some general remarks by W.W. Turner.

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Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana ; reel 573, no. 5866)