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CHAPTER XII. IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
A haunted mountain. Among the Sioux. A curious
fraternity. Some new animals. Trouble with the
Tetons. The first meeting with the grizzly bear.
Reaching the Arikara Indians. The approach of cold
weather.
The winter camp. Hunting the buffalo. The journey
onward. Finding the Yellowstone River. Adventures
with grizzly bears. Hunting in Montana.
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Discovery of the Musselshell. The first glimpse of
the Rockies. A buffalo charges the camp. A narrow
escape. At the Great Falls of the Missouri. A difficult
portage. Reaching the Three Forks of the Missouri.
In an unknown country.
CHAPTER XV. THROUGH THE ROCKIES TO THE
PACIFIC
.
Ascending the Jefferson. Reaching the Great Divide.
Some friendly Indians. Sacajawea meets old acquaint-
ances. Hardships and disappointments. Struggling
Among the Nez Percés. On
across the mountains.
toward the sea. Passing the cataracts of the Columbia.
The first glimpse of the sea.
The winter camp. Peculiarities of the Clatsop Indians.
A scarcity of supplies. Turning homeward. Sur-
mounting the cascades. Journeying by land. Trouble-
some Indians. Living on dog flesh. A search for their
horses. Indian cooking. Suffering of the explorers.
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146
A rough mountain road. Dividing the party. An
adventure with a grizzly. Fighting with Indians. An
accident to Captain Lewis. His indomitable courage.
Passing the Great Falls of the Missouri. Lewis over-
takes Captain Clark.
CHAPTER XVIII. CAPTAIN CLARK'S ADVENTURES 178
Crossing the Yellowstone.
Rockies. Buffalo and bears.
Attacked by mosquitoes.
The last glimpse of the
Reaching the Missouri.
Pryor loses the horses.
Bitten by a wolf. The whole party reunited.
CHAPTER XIX. ON THE WAY HOME.
At the Mandan villages again. Big White accom-
panies the explorers. Colter remains in the wilder-
ness. His subsequent discovery of Yellowstone Park.
Parting with the faithful squaw. Descending the
river. The arrival at St. Louis. The news in Wash-
ington. The later life of Lewis and Clark.
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PART III
THE EXPLORATION OF THE WEST
CHAPTER XX. PIKE'S EXPLORATIONS
Ascending the Mississippi. A second expedition
westward. Hostile Spanish influence. Into Colorado.
The first glimpse of Pike's Peak.
On the upper
Arkansas. Disappointment and privation. In Spanish
territory. Captured by the Spaniards. Pike's return
and death.
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The great water ways. Importance of the Missouri.
The Santa Fé, Overland, and Oregon trails. The fur
trade the chief industry. Its effect on exploration.
CHAPTER XXIII. A FORMATIVE PERIOD
Influences of the westward movement. A time of
expansion. Development of the Mississippi Valley.
Influences upon upper Louisiana. Types of the
middle period. The soldier's work in the West.
Labors of missionaries. Whitman's journey and its
real purpose.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE COMING OF INDUSTRIES
241
The search for mineral wealth. Louisiana ignored
for California. Later developments. The day of the
"pony express.' The great cattle industry. Open-
ing of the interior by the first transcontinental railroad.
CHAPTER XXV. PERMANENT OCCUPATION
The Free Soil issue. Kansas and Nebraska. Dis-
tribution of public lands. Louisiana in the Civil
War. A glance at later development. Political and
economic consequence of the old Louisiana Purchase.
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Treaty of Purchase between the United States and
the French Republic.
A Convention between the United States of America
and the French Republic.
APPENDIX II. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE OF TO-
DAY.
Its vast area. Statistical summary of the states and
territories formed from the Purchase. Fifteen mil-
lions of people. Wealth four hundred times the pur-
chase money. The empire which we gained.
LOUISIANA
ARKANSAS
COLORADO
INDIAN TERRITORY
IOWA
KANSAS
MINNESOTA
MISSOURI
MONTANA.
NEBRASKA
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300
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NORTH DAKOTA.
INDEX
OKLAHOMA
SOUTH DAKOTA.
WYOMING.