Author: John GALE (Surgeon.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 145
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The Missouri Expedition 1818-1820. The Journal of Surgeon John Gale with Related Documents. Edited and with an Introduction by Roger L. Nichols
Author: John GALE (Surgeon.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The Missouri Expedition, 1818–1820
Author: John Gale
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806153814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Repeated clashes between American fur traders and the Plains Indians following the War of 1812 lent urgency to demands that the United States government protect its territory in the West. To remedy the situation, Secretary of War John C. Calhoun planned a military occupation of the upper Mississippi and Missouri River valleys through a cordon of army posts stretching from Green Bay on the Great Lakes west to Montana. Calhoun projected a troop movement, called the Yellowstone Expedition, that grew from one expedition to three—the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Scientific Expeditions. The Missouri Expedition, described in this volume, was the first venture to implement Calhoun’s plan. During the summer of 1818 the expedition, under the command of Colonel Thomas A. Smith, traveled up the Missouri River in keelboats to Cow Island, near present-day Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where a winter camp was built. Defiant bands of American Indians robbed the soldiers of horses, guns, boats, and food, also attacking white traders and messengers along the river. In February 1819, Calhoun appointed Colonel Henry Atkinson, the most experienced officer of the Rifle Regiment, to the command. By summer the troops continued upriver to Council Bluffs, where they built Cantonment Missouri. Expedition surgeon John Gale’s account of the Missouri Expedition captures the color and excitement of exploration while revealing the grinding effort and stark hardship of army life in the early nineteenth century. Editor Roger L. Nichols, who established the authorship of the journal, includes expedition letters and military orders to enhance Gale’s authentic narrative.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806153814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Repeated clashes between American fur traders and the Plains Indians following the War of 1812 lent urgency to demands that the United States government protect its territory in the West. To remedy the situation, Secretary of War John C. Calhoun planned a military occupation of the upper Mississippi and Missouri River valleys through a cordon of army posts stretching from Green Bay on the Great Lakes west to Montana. Calhoun projected a troop movement, called the Yellowstone Expedition, that grew from one expedition to three—the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Scientific Expeditions. The Missouri Expedition, described in this volume, was the first venture to implement Calhoun’s plan. During the summer of 1818 the expedition, under the command of Colonel Thomas A. Smith, traveled up the Missouri River in keelboats to Cow Island, near present-day Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where a winter camp was built. Defiant bands of American Indians robbed the soldiers of horses, guns, boats, and food, also attacking white traders and messengers along the river. In February 1819, Calhoun appointed Colonel Henry Atkinson, the most experienced officer of the Rifle Regiment, to the command. By summer the troops continued upriver to Council Bluffs, where they built Cantonment Missouri. Expedition surgeon John Gale’s account of the Missouri Expedition captures the color and excitement of exploration while revealing the grinding effort and stark hardship of army life in the early nineteenth century. Editor Roger L. Nichols, who established the authorship of the journal, includes expedition letters and military orders to enhance Gale’s authentic narrative.
The Missouri Expedition
National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
History of Medicine in Nebraska
The Kansas Historical Quarterly
The American West
Catalog of the Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Library
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Journal of the West
Author: Lorrin L. Morrison
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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