Account Of An Expedition From Pittsburgh To The Rocky Mountains, Performed In The Years 1819 And '20

Alleghany Alleghany mountains altitudes of Sun animals appears Arkansa Arkansa territory ascended base Belle Point bisons bluffs Calm camp Cape Girardeau Cherokees colour commenced confluence considerable course creek distance elevation encampment Equal altitudes error of Time-piece extensive feet feldspar find error forests formation Fort Osage granite hills hornblend horses hundred miles hunters inches Index error Indians Kaskaias Latitude deduced limestone longitude lunar distances Meridian double altitude Mississippi Missouri morning moun mouth Natchitoches nearly Noon observed Osage river Osages Ozark mountains party passed Pawnee Peak plain Platte portion prairie rain ravine Red river region remarkable ridges rocks Rocky Mountains sand sandstone secondary seen settlements sextant side soil species springs strata stratum stream summit Sun to find sun's lower limb surface tains timber tion tracts trees tributary valley variety village Washita White river wind