It may be well to state, that the historical part of the narrative, together with the topographical and much of the descriptive matter, has beenĭrawn from Major Long's notes. The principal object which the compiler had in view, was to unite the documents confided to him, so as to present a faithful description of the country over which the party travelled, and of the few adventures which interrupted the monotony of a journey through a wilderness. Narratives of voyages of discoveries lose much of their interest if the publication be long deferred. Inexperienced in the art of writing for the public, it is probable that he has fallen into many errors, which, with more time, he might have avoided but works of the nature of this admit of little delay. In offering this work to the public, the compiler regrets that it has been delayed longer than was originally intended the difficulties which he has encountered in the performance of a task for which he was entirely unprepared, afford him his only apologies. Map of the Country Embracing the Route of the Expedition of 1823. Download the plug-in here, if you do not already have it.īlackman (Chippewa),Wennebea (Sauk), Metea (Potawatomi). Some Images in this document are in DjVu format and require a free DjVu plug-in to view.
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