Book/Printed Material Farnham's Travels in the great western prairies, etc., May 21-October 16, 1839 Part 1

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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     Early Western Travels 1748–1846 Volume XXVIII
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     Early Western Travels 1748–1846 A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     F592 T54 LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two Copies Received July 30 1906 Copyright Entry Jul 30, 1906 CLASS a XXC. No. 152096 Copy B. COPYRIGHT 1906, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVIII Preface to Volumes XXVIII and XXIX. The Editor 9 Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Country. [Part I, being...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     ILLUSTRATION TO VOLUME XXVIII Facsimile of title-page to Farnham's Travels, Vol. I 23
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     PREFACE TO VOLUMES XXVIII–XXIX With these two volumes our series returns to Oregon, and to the question already shadowed forth upon the horizon, whether this vast territory drained by the Columbia River...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     10 In our volume xxi we traced the rise and fall of the trading adventures to this far Western territory of Captain Nathaniel Wyeth of Massachusetts. His two expeditions left on the...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     11 holiday mood, ill-equipped for traversing the vast and rugged spaces lying between Illinois and the Pacific Slope. Each member of the “Oregon Dragoons,” as they styled themselves, was expected to furnish...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     12 the Colorado mountains, through the mazes of its parks and passes, and halted awhile at Brown's Hole. This was the most difficult part of the journey. With graphic touches our author...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     13 to set him forth on an exploration of the settled portions of the country. He visited the Willamette valley, where he met the Methodist missionaries, and his presence furnished the opportunity...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     14 efforts that the lives of the Americans were saved, and that they were shipped on transports to Mexico for trial. Lingering a few days longer to enjoy a fiesta on the...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     15 lies chiefly in the description of the journey across the plains, by a route differing much from those of other travellers. Farnham's descriptions are detailed and well phrased. The first after...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     16 Jesuit missionary traveller, were introduced to our readers in volume xxvii of this series, where the initiation of his Flathead mission, in Bitterroot valley, was narrated, together with his subsequent return...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     17 Fort Augustus, where were spent the early weeks of the winter of 1846. Impatient to be at work, the eager traveller left his comfortable quarters early in March, proceeding on the...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     18 Floating in a tiny skiff down the upper Missouri, Fort Union was reached October 11; Fort Berthold was passed seven days later, and the end of the month found our tireless...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     19 Editor has had the assistance of Louise Phelps Kellogg, Ph.D., his editorial assistant on the staff of the Wisconsin Historical Library. R. G. T. Madison, Wis. , June, 1906.
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     PART I OF FARNHAM'S TRAVELS IN THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES, ETC., MAY 21–OCTOBER 16, 1839 Reprint of Volume I and chapters i–iv of Volume II of original London edition, 1843
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     TRAVELS IN THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES, THE ANAHUAC AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND IN THE OREGON TERRITORY. BY THOMAS J. FARNHAM. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     PREFACE BY THE FIRST EDITOR This authentic account of the Great Western Prairies and Oregon Territory supplies a deficiency which has been felt for a long time. The author, by his own...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     PREFACE It was customary in old times for all Authors to enter the world of letters on their knees, and with uncovered head, and a bow of charming meekness write themselves some...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     28 of inability, or lack of polish, but speak from the heart. These write their names on their title-pages, and leave their readers at leisure to judge of their merits as they...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     INTRODUCTION The Oregon Territory forms the terminus of these Travels; and, as that country is an object of much interest on both sides of the Atlantic, I have thought proper to preface...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     30 From the year 1532 to 1540, the Spanish government sent four expeditions to explore the north-west coast of America, in search of what did not exist — a water communication from...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     31 possession of the adjacent territories in the name of the Spanish Crown.5 The Straits de Fuca enter the land in latitude 49° north, and, running [xi] one hundred miles in a...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     32 In August, 1774, Parez and Martinez, under the Spanish flag, discovered and anchored in Nootka Sound. It lies between 49° and 50° of north latitude.8 8 The account of the expedition...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     33 We accordingly find her to have formed a treaty with Spain in the year 1800, settling the difficulties between the two powers in relation to Nootka Sound. By the first article...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     34 were not included among the places or parts of the North-West Coast on which this article was intended to operate, for the reason that England, the party in [xiv] interest, has...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     35 against “disturbance” and “molestation,” does not, in any vocabulary, imply a cession of the sovereignty of the territory in which these acts are to be done. The number and nature of...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     36 purchased Oregon of Spain. Under these circumstances, with what justice can England, after the lapse of nearly half a century, come forward and demand of the successor of Spain rights in...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     37 saw the coast in latitude 43 and 48 degrees. He passed the Straits de Fuca without seeing them, and anchored in Nootka Sound on the 16th February, 1779.14 In trading with...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     38 Island, sailed around it, and discovered the main land to the east of it, as far north as latitude 55°.16 16 Farnham here refers to the voyages of the “Columbia” and...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory     39 not watered by the Columbia, lying on its northern and southern border, and which, in the language of the law, are naturally dependent upon it. Oregon territory, for all these reasons...
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01
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    Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
    • Contributor: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson - Thwaites, Reuben Gold
    • Date: 1906-01-01