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Title: Children's stories of American progress
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Wright, Henrietta Christian. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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and busy population, one can seethat the prophecy of the Indian sibyl at the timeof its foundation has come true; for the dwell-ings of the white man indeed stand as thick asthe trees of the forest, while the red man hasvanished from the scene forever, and even hismemory is fading away. CHAPTER IV. THE EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARKE TO THEPACIFIC OCEAN. The purchase of Louisiana had given to theUnited States a vast region almost unknown to the white man. From the earliest settlement of America, theFrench in Canada had been familiar with thetribes living on either side of the Mississippi, andit was said they had even journeyed up the Mis-souri and become acquainted with the Indiansof that part of the country ; but to the people ofthe United States all the great territory west ofthe Mississippi was as strange as the landsaround the North Pole are to-day. But so great was the interest awakened bythe purchase of the new lands, that the Govern-ment decided to send out an exploring party to
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PIONEERS IN THE EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARKE. 87 gain information about Louisiana and report itsvalue. This expedition was ordered to follow theMissouri up to its sources, and crossing theRocky Mountains, descend to the sea by thestreams, thus rinding out the great water-waysacross the continent. It was also to study thehabits of the strange tribes of Indians, and thenature of the country, its climate, soil, vegetableand mineral wealth, its mountains, volcanoes,lakes, and rivers, and the animals that roamedin its forests. The expedition was led by two officers bythe name of Lewis and Clarke, and loaded withpresents for the Indians, left St. Louis, whichwas then a small village, in May, 1804. It was the pleasantest part of the year to un-dertake such a journey, and for many days theparty sailed peacefully up the river, enjoying thebeautiful country through which they were pass-ing. In some places groves of cottonwood, syc-amore, hickory and walnut trees came down to the waters edge, t

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