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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 3
by Edwin James
DOCUMENT No. AJ-144c
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-144c |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144c/ |
| 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 3. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144c/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144c/summary/ |
| Genre | government report; journal; travel narrative; Indian account; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Great Plains & Rocky Mountains; Northeast; Southeast; Great Lakes & Mississippi Valley; Southwest & California; |
| State / Province | Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Kentucky; Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Kansas; Iowa; Missouri; Oklahoma; Texas; Arkansas; Colorado; Louisiana; |
| Event Date | 1819-1820 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Long Expedition, 1819-1820 |
| Ethnicity | African; American; Indian; |
| Indian Tribe | Kiowa; Arapaho; Kaskaia; Cheyenne; Comanche; Snake; Osage; Cherokee; Caddo; Pawnee; Oto; Missouri; Fox; Kansa; Sauk; |
| Key Persons & Places | Red River; Arkansas River; Canadian River; Hot Springs, Arkansas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Major S.H. Long; Captain Bell; The Calf; Bear Tooth; Clermont; Peter Choateau; Mr. Sibley; |
| Encounters | arrival / landing; contact / meeting; |
| Social Relations | communication; Indian-white relations; white attitudes; crime; Indian attitudes; |
| Life Stages | death; |
| Daily Life | health & illness; customs; clothing; alcohol & tobacco; food & water; |
| Art | visual arts; |
| Religion & Beliefs | Indian practices; |
| Politics | diplomacy & treaties; colonization; intertribal relations; slavery; military; |
| Economics | commerce; population; domestic animals; trade & barter; |
| Science & Technology | geography; geology; cartography; |
| Topography | rivers; mountains; mineral deposits; soil; |
| Animals | insects; |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-144c |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
Description
| Document Number | AJ-144c |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144c/ |
| 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 3. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144c/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-144c/summary/ |
| Genre | government report; journal; travel narrative; |
| Page Type | document cover page; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Great Plains & Rocky Mountains; |
| Event Date | 1819-1820 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Long Expedition, 1819-1820 |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-144c-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 3 by Edwin James DOCUMENT No. AJ-144c WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I © Wisconsin Historical Society 2003 |