Title: The Missouri expedition, 1818-1820
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.
Subjects: Description and travel, Diaries, Discovery and exploration, Surgeons, Exploring expeditions, Expeditions
Places: Missouri Valley, West (U.S.)
People: John Gale (1795?-1830)