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AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION
An Account of an
Expedition
from Pittsburgh to the Rocky
Mountains,
Performed in the Years
1819,
1820
Volume 1
by Edwin James
DOCUMENT
No. AJ-144a
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DIGITAL
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
I I www.americanjourneys.org I
www.wisconsinhistory.org I I
© Wisconsin Historical
Society 2003
Object Description
| Document Number | AJ-144a |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144a/ |
| Document Title | An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820 |
| Author | James, Edwin, 1797-1861 |
| Document Source | James, Edwin. An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820. By Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the Command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Party, by Edwin James, Botanist and Geologist to the Expedition. In Three Volumes. (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823). Volume 1. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144a/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144a/summary/ |
| Genre | government report; journal; travel narrative; legal document; female account; Indian account; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Great Lakes & Mississippi Valley; Great Plains & Rocky Mountains; Northeast; Southeast; |
| State / Province | Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; New Mexico; Texas; Oklahoma; New York; Ohio; West Virginia; |
| Event Date | 1819-1820 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Long Expedition, 1819-1820 |
| Ethnicity | American; Indian; |
| Indian Tribe | Oto; Pawnee; Omaha; Dakota Sioux; Teton; Yankton; Iowa; Missouri; Mahas; Minetares; Sauk; Osage; Kansa; |
| Key Persons & Places | Long, Major S.H.; Say, Mr. T; O'Fallon, Major; Big Elk, Ong-pa-ton-ga; Black Bird, Wash-ing-guh-sah-ba; Ohio River; Mississippi River; St. Louis; Missouri River; Kansas River; Platte River; |
| Encounters | contact / meeting; arrival / landing; |
| Social Relations | women’s roles; men’s roles; family & kinship; Indian-white relations; Indian attitudes; sexuality; communication; |
| Life Stages | death; courtship & marriage; aging; childhood; |
| Daily Life | customs; food & water; worklife; education; health & illness; clothing; jewelry & adornment; recreation; housing & furnishings; |
| Art | dance; |
| Religion & Beliefs | Indian practices; Indian beliefs; legends; |
| Politics | military; colonization; diplomacy & treaties; governance & laws; intertribal relations; emigration & migration; slavery; warfare & battles; |
| Economics | commerce; fur trade; alcohol trade; hunting; |
| Science & Technology | biology; botany; geography; geology; transportation; navigation; engineering; construction; cartography; physics; |
| Topography | mineral deposits; rivers; |
| Climate | earthquakes; |
| Plants | trees; shrubs; herbs; fruits; flowers; |
| Animals | mammals; birds; reptiles & amphibians; |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-144a |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
Description
| Document Number | AJ-144a |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144a/ |
| Document Title | An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820 |
| Author | James, Edwin, 1797-1861 |
| Document Page | document cover page |
| Document Source | James, Edwin. An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820. By Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the Command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Party, by Edwin James, Botanist and Geologist to the Expedition. In Three Volumes. (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823). Volume 1. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144a/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144a/summary/ |
| Genre | government report; journal; travel narrative; |
| Page Type | document cover page |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Great Lakes & Mississippi Valley; Great Plains & Rocky Mountains; Northeast; Southeast; |
| Event Date | 1819-1820 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Long Expedition, 1819-1820 |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-144a-0000 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
| Full Text |
AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820 Volume 1 by Edwin James DOCUMENT No. AJ-144a WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I © Wisconsin Historical Society 2003 |