The Early Exploration of Louisiana (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Early Exploration of Louisiana The work of which this present monograph is a result represents but one essential part of an extensive study of the frontiers of the Louisiana Purchase, during the years from its acquisition to its delimitation, following the Treaty of 1819. As in so many similar cases, I approached the subject with a view to make a study of the whole of the period above mentioned; but with the accumulation of material I was obliged to contract the field until the work assumed the present form and title. Despite the multitude of individual studies and general publications called forth by the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase, I believe that the following monograph will justify its appearance as a fairly exhaustive survey of some unfamiliar phases occurring in our expansion to the westward. In approaching the subject of Louisiana Exporation, even from the restricted standpoint assumed, I have found it impossible to avoid extended treatment of the work of Lewis and Clark and of Pike; but, in view of the voluminous monographs devoted to these great pathfinders, I have endeavored to make this treatment a grouping of essential facts and an emphasis upon certain phases of their work, rather than a detailed resume of their undertakings. With reference to the minor expeditions, of which the details are little known, I have adopted a somewhat different course, but in both cases I have attempted to suggest broad lines of national policy, rather than insignificant, though interesting details of frontier exploration. In studying the careers of the three great explorers just mentioned, I have derived immense advantage from the previous labors of the late Dr. Elliot Coues and Dr. Reuben Gold Thwaites - an advantage to which my footnotes abundantly attest. In the study of Lewis and Clark I have unfortunately had opportunity to use only the first five volumes of the "Original Journals," which are now appearing under the editorship of Dr. Thwaites. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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