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THE CONQUEST
The True Story of Lewis and Clark
by
EVA EMERY DYE
* * * * *
JUST READY
[Illustration: WILLIAM CLARK]
[Illustration: MERIWETHER LEWIS]
THE EXPEDITION
of
LEWIS AND CLARK
Reprinted from the Edition of 1814
With an Introduction and Index
By JAMES K. HOSMER, LL.D.
Notwithstanding that in America few names are more familiar upon the
tongue than those of Lewis and Clark, it is a singular fact that the
Journals of their expedition have for a long time been practically
unattainable. The lack thus existing, felt now more and more as the
centenary of the great exploration draws near, this new edition has
been planned to fill. The text used is that of the 1814 edition, which
must hold its place as the only account approaching adequacy.
Dr. Hosmer, well-known for his work in Western history, has furnished
an Introduction, giving the events which led up to the great
expedition and showing the vast development that has flowed from it,
in a way to make plain the profound significance of the achievement.
There has also been added an elaborate analytic Index, a feature which
the original edition lacked.
The publishers offer this work in the belief that it will fill all
requirements and become the standard popular edition of this great
American classic.
_In two square octavo volumes, printed from new type of
a large clear face, with new photogravure
portraits and fac-simile maps._
In box, $5.00 net; delivered, $5.36.
A. C. McCLURG & CO., CHICAGO
* * * * *
THE CONQUEST
* * * * *
BY MRS. DYE
McLOUGHLIN &
OLD OREGON
A Chronicle
FOURTH EDITION
12mo. $1.50
"A graphic page of the story of the American pioneer."--_N.Y. Mail and
Express._
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[Illustration: From a Rare Painting.
"Judith"]
THE CONQUEST
The True Story of Lewis and Clark
by
EVA EMERY DYE
Author of "McLoughlin and Old Oregon"
Chicago
A. C. McClurg & Company
1902
Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co
1902
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
Published Nov. 12, 1902
University Press · John Wilson
and Son · Cambridge, U. S. A.
NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author hereby acknowledges obligation to the Lewis and Clark
families, especially to William Hancock Clark of Washington, D.C., and
John O'Fallon Clark of St. Louis, grandsons of Governor Clark, and to
C. Harper Anderson of Ivy Depot, Virginia, the nephew and heir of
Meriwether Lewis, for letters, documents, and family traditions; to
Mrs. Meriwether Lewis Clark of Louisville and Mrs. Jefferson K. Clark
of New York, widows of Governor Clark's sons, and to more than twenty
nieces and nephews; to Reuben Gold Thwaites of the University of
Wisconsin, for access to the valuable Draper Collection of Clark,
Boone, and Tecumseh manuscripts, and for use of the original journals
of Lewis and Clark which Mr. Thwaites is now editing; to George W.
Martin of the Kansas Historical Society at Topeka, for access to the
Clark letter-books covering William Clark's correspondence for a
period of thirty years; to Colonel Reuben T. Durrett of Louisville,
for access to his valuable private library; to Mr. Horace Kephart of
the Mercantile Library, and Mr. Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis; to the
Historical Societies of Missouri, at St. Louis and Columbia; to Mrs.
Laura Howie, for Montana manuscripts at Helena; to Miss Kate C.
McBeth, the greatest living authority on Nez Percé tradition; to the
descendants of Dr. Saugrain, and to the families and friends of
Sergeants Pryor, Gass, Floyd, Ordway, and privates Bratton, Shannon,
Drouillard, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; also to the Librarian
of Congress for copies of Government Documents.
E. E. D.
OREGON CITY, OREGON,
September 1, 1902.
CONTENTS
BOOK I
WHEN RED MEN RULED
PAGE
I. A CHILD IS BORN 1
II. THE CLARK HOME 7
III. EXIT DUNMORE 12
IV. THE WILDERNESS ROAD 14
V. A BARREL OF GUNPOWDER 17
VI. THE FEUDAL AGE 19
VII. KASKASKIA 24
VIII. THE SPANISH DONNA 28
IX. VINCENNES 32
X. THE CITY OF THE STRAIT 38
XI. A PRISONER OF WAR 41
XII. TWO WARS AT ONCE 43
XIII. THE KEY OF THE COUNTRY 47
XIV. BEHIND THE CURTAIN 50
XV. THE ATTACK ON ST. LOUIS 53
XVI. OLD CHILLICOTHE 60
XVII. "DETROIT MUST BE TAKEN" 63
XVIII. ON THE RAMPARTS 69
XIX. EXIT CORNWALLIS 72
XX. THE OLD VIRGINIA HOME 77
XXI. DOWN THE OHIO 81
XXII. MULBERRY HILL 87
XXIII. MISSISSIPPI TROUBLES 91
XXIV. ST. CLAIR 97
XXV. THE SWORD OF "MAD ANTHONY" WAYNE 102
XXVI. THE SPANIARD 106
XXVII. THE BROTHERS 113
XXVIII. THE MAID OF FINCASTLE 119
XXIX. THE PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY 122
XXX. THE PRESIDENT TALKS WITH MERIWETHER 131