-------------------------------------------------------- | * Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made | | to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, | | including obsolete and variant spellings and other | | inconsistencies. Where the text has been changed to | | correct an obvious error by the publisher, the word | | has been marked with an asterisk. Please note that | | as this ascii version of the text does not support | | the degree symbol or ligatures, these have been | | replaced with the appropriate word or letters. | -------------------------------------------------------- [Illustration: A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America, From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; by Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5&6. Copied by Samuel Lewis from the Original Drawing by Wm. Clark.] HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF _CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK,_ TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI, THENCE ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND DOWN THE RIVER COLUMBIA TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. PERFORMED DURING THE YEARS 1804-5-6. By order of the GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. PREPARED FOR THE PRESS BY PAUL ALLEN, ESQUIRE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. _PHILADELPHIA_ PUBLISHED BY BRADFORD AND INSKEEP; AND ABM. H. INSKEEP, NEW YORK. J. Maxwell, Printer 1814. DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-second day of January, in the thirty-eighth year of the independence of the United States of America, A.D. 1814, Bradford and Inskeep, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains, and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the Years 1804-5-6, by order of the Government of the United States. Prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire."