Prologue to Lewis and Clark
Subtitle: the Mackay and Evans expedition
By: W. Raymond Wood ; foreword by James P. Ronda
Series: The American exploration and travel series -- v. 79; American exploration and travel series -- v. 79.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780806181868
Subjects: State & Local; Description and travel; Mandan Indians; Discovery and exploration; Hidatsa Indians; Indian traders; Spanish; History; Explorers; Biography; HISTORY
Other titles: Prologue to Lewis & Clark
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Before Mackay and Evans: "la rivière Pekittanouï"; title: The third Spanish expedition takes form: "marching with long strides upon unknown soil"; title: From St. Louis to Fort Charles: "an expensive enterprise"; title: The Missouri River basin explored: "those remarkable things mentioned by Evens"; title: Dénouement and disillusion: "the two most famous travelers of the northern countries of this continent."