Message from the President of the United States, communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar : with a statistical account of the countries adjacent. : February 19, 1806. Read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoCity of Washington [D.C.] : A. & G. Way, printers, 1806.
Description171 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subjects

Other author/creatorLewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
Other author/creatorSibley, John, 1757-1837.
Other author/creatorDunbar, William, 1749-1810.
Other author/creatorHunter, George, 1755-1823.
Other author/creatorDunbar, William, 1749-1810 cartographer.
Other author/creatorKing, N. (Nicholas), 1771-1812 cartographer.
Other author/creatorKneass, William, 1780-1840, engraver.
Other author/creatorUnited States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson)
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress 1805-1806) House. (9th, 1st session :
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 11633. ^A575643
Contents Message. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States -- Extract of a letter from Captain Meriwether Lewis, to the President of the United States, dated Fort Mandan, April 17th, 1805 -- A statistical view of the Indian nations inhabiting the territory of Louisiana and the countries adjacent to its northern and western boundaries [by Meriwether Lewis] -- Historical sketches of the several Indian tribes in Louisiana, south of the Arkansa River, and between the Mississippi and River Grand [signed: John Sibley] -- To General Henry Dearborn, secretary of war. Sir, you request me to give you some account of Red River, and the country adjacent ... [signed: John Sibley] -- Observations made in a voyage commencing at St. Catharine's Landing, on the east bank of the Mississippi, proceeding downwards to the mouth of Red River, and from thence ascending that river, the Black River, and the Washita River, as high as the hot springs in the proximity of the last mentioned river, extracted from the journals of William Dunbar, Esquire, and Doctor Hunter -- Meteorological observations made by Mr. Dunbar and Doctor Hunter, in their voyage up the Red and Washita rivers, in the year 1804.
General noteIssued by the House of Representatives.
General note"Map of the Washita River in Louisiana from the hot springs to the confluence of the Red River with the Mississippi. Laid down from the journal & survey of Wm. Dunbar Esq'r. in the year 1804 by Nicholas King."--[1] folded leaf. Signed: Engrav'd by Wm. Kneass Philad.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 11633
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