Brackenridge's Journal of a voyage up the river Missouri, 1811; Franchère's…
Brackenridge's Journal of a voyage up the river Missouri, 1811; Franchère's… by H. M. Brackenridge and Gabriel Franchère is a collection of historical travel narratives written in the early 20th century. It reprints firsthand accounts of early 19th-century exploration and the fur trade, from a voyage up the Missouri with Manuel Lisa to the Astorian venture on the Northwest Coast, highlighting river navigation, frontier settlements, encounters with Indigenous nations, and the emerging
American West. The opening of the volume frames the texts with an editor’s preface that sketches both writers’ careers and the significance of their narratives, then begins with Brackenridge’s own preface and journal. He explains the Missouri Fur Company’s aims and setbacks, Manuel Lisa’s leadership, and his plan to overtake Wilson Hunt’s party for safer passage through Sioux country. The narrative then launches from St. Charles, detailing difficult river work, storms, islands and tributaries, hunters’ camps, wildlife encounters, and scattered settlements, culminating in a stop at Fort Osage with observations of the Osage people and the factory before pushing onward, still intent on catching Hunt upriver. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Editor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 |
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| Author | Brackenridge, H. M. (Henry Marie), 1786-1871 |
| Author | Franchère, Gabriel, 1786-1863 |
| Translator | Huntington, J. V. (Jedediah Vincent), 1815-1862 |
| Title | Brackenridge's Journal of a voyage up the river Missouri, 1811; Franchère's Voyage to Northwest Coast, 1811-1814 |
| Original Publication | Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1904. |
| Series Title | Early western travels 1748-1846, volume 6 |
| Credits | Carol Brown, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains |
| LoC Class | F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States |
| Subject | Astoria (Or.) |
| Subject | Fur trade -- Oregon |
| Subject | Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Voyages to the Pacific coast |
| Subject | Oregon Territory -- History |
| Subject | Indians of North America -- Missouri River Valley |
| Subject | Missouri River Valley -- Discovery and exploration |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76209 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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