Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820, 3. köide

abundant Alleghany Alleghany mountains animals appearance argillaceous argillite Arkansa Arkansa territory arrived ascend bank Belle Point bisons bluffs bottoms camp Canadian Cape Girardeau character Cherokees chief clay-slate colour commenced confluence considerable cotton-wood Council Bluff creek degrees destitute distance elevated encampment expedition extensive feet fertile forests Fork formation Fort Smith freshets granite hills hilly horses hot springs hundred miles hunters Indians journey Konzas Lake latitude limestone Mississippi Missouri moun mouth navigable nearly numerous observed occupied occur Ohio old red sandstone Osage river Osages Ozark mountains party passed Pawnees plain Platte portion prairie primitive range ravine Red river red sandstone region ridges rising Rocky Mountains sand seen settlements Shienne side situated soil sources south-west species strata stratum streams summits surface tains timber tion tracts traversed trees tributaries valley variety Verdigrise village Washita White river yards