The Missouri expedition, 1818-1820
Subtitle: the journal of Surgeon John Gale, with related documents.
By: Edited, and with an introd., by Roger L. Nichols.
Contributors: Nichols, Roger L., ed.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: The American exploration and travel series,; no. 56; American exploration and travel series ;; v. 56.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Gale, John, 1795?-1830.; Gale, John, 1795?-1830 -- Diaries.; Surgeons -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries.; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.; Missouri Valley -- Description and travel.
Description: This is Surgeon Gale's journal of the first significant government-sponsored trip up the Missouri after Lewis and Clark. This contemporary account of the movement of men and supplies captures the color and excitement of exploration, while revealing the drab and grinding effort required.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 127-134.
Also attributed to Thomas W. Kavanaugh.
Edited from the ms. in the Yale University Collection of Western Americana.