The Journals of Lewis and Clark

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THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY
"Those points of the Rocky Mountains were covered with snow, arid the sun shone on it in such a manner as to give me a most plain and satisfactory view. Whilst I viewed those mountains, I felt a secret pleasure in finding myself so near the head of the—heretofore conceived—boundless Missouri. But when I reflected on the difficulties which this snowy barrier would most probably throw in my way to the Pacific Ocean, and the sufferings and hardships of myself and party in them, it in some measure counterbalanced the joy I had felt in the first moments in which I gazed on them. . •. (Clark, May 26,1805)
In the spring of 1805, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with a small band of men and a Shoshone squaw, set out on a voyage of exploration that was to earn them a place of undying honor in America's history. Countless storytellers since have retold the perilous saga of that great Northwest Expedition. But The Journals of Lewis and Clark remains the... Tovább

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THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY
"Those points of the Rocky Mountains were covered with snow, arid the sun shone on it in such a manner as to give me a most plain and satisfactory view. Whilst I viewed those mountains, I felt a secret pleasure in finding myself so near the head of the—heretofore conceived—boundless Missouri. But when I reflected on the difficulties which this snowy barrier would most probably throw in my way to the Pacific Ocean, and the sufferings and hardships of myself and party in them, it in some measure counterbalanced the joy I had felt in the first moments in which I gazed on them. . •. (Clark, May 26,1805)
In the spring of 1805, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with a small band of men and a Shoshone squaw, set out on a voyage of exploration that was to earn them a place of undying honor in America's history. Countless storytellers since have retold the perilous saga of that great Northwest Expedition. But The Journals of Lewis and Clark remains the most immediate and vivid account of their momentous journey.
JOHN BAKELESS, editor of this Mentor edition of The Journals, was born and raised among the Indians of the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where his father was in charge of academic work. He is a cum laude graduate of Williams College and holds M.A. and Ph.E). degrees from Harvard, where he was the only man in a century to take the coveted Bowdoin Prize in two successive years. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and served in both ''world wars. Dr. Bakeless is the author of five books, including Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness and Lewis and Clark: Partners in Discovery. Vissza