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The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark; Vol. 7: From the Pacific to the Rockies

ebooks The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark; Vol. 7: From the Pacific to the Rockies by Meriwether Lewis; William Clark in History

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The Santa Fe Trail was one of the two great overland highways originating in Missouri in the nineteenth century. Several decades before settlers streamed over the Oregon Trail; traders were heading southwest. The caravans carried the wares of Yankee commerce; they returned loaded with buffalo robes and beaver pelts and the rich metals of Mexican mines. The thousand-mile journey “was a perilous cruise across a boundless sea of grass; over forbidding mountains; among wild beasts and wilder men; ending in an exotic city offering quick riches; friendly foreign women; and a moral holiday;” writes Stanley Vestal.Vestal begins where the trail does. He describes outfitting for the trip; the society formed for survival; the hunt for meat; landmarks; and the dangers. He evokes the history and legends surrounding the trail at every point; including figures like Kit Carson; Jedediah Smith; the Bent brothers; and Uncle Dick Wooton.


#1778602 in Books Bison Books 2002-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .94 x 6.12l; 1.17 #File Name: 0803280149383 pages


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