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 FIRST ACROSS THE CONTINENT

 The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6

     
 By Noah Brooks

      
       
      CONTENTS
      Chapter I    A Great Transaction in Land  Chapter II   Beginning a Long Journey  Chapter III   From the Lower to the Upper River  Chapter IV   Novel Experiences among the Indians  Chapter V   From the Tetons to the Mandans  Chapter VI   Winter among the Mandans  Chapter VII   From Fort Mandan to the Yellowstone  Chapter VIII   In the Haunts of Grizzlies and Buffalo  Chapter IX   In the Solitudes of the Upper Missouri  Chapter X   To the Great Falls of the Missouri  Chapter XI   A the Heart of the Continent  Chapter XII   At the Sources of the Missouri  Chapter XIII   From the Minnetarees to the Shoshonees  Chapter XIV   Across the Great Divide  Chapter XV   Down the Pacific Slope  Chapter XVI   Down the Columbia to Tidewater  Chapter XVII   From Tidewater to the Sea  Chapter XVIII   Camping by the Pacific  Chapter XIX   With Faces turned Homeward  Chapter XX   The Last Stage of the Columbia  Chapter XXI   Overland east of the Columbia  Chapter XXII   Camping with the Nez Perces  Chapter XXIII      Crossing the Bitter Root Mountains  Chapter XXIV   The Expedition Subdivided  Chapter XXV   Adventures on the Yellowstone  Chapter XXVI   The End of a Long Journey