| | 1 | Author: | Lewis, Meriwether, 1744-1809 | | | | | Explorer, soldier. U.S. Army, 1795-1806; private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1803; co-leader of Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the head-waters of the Missouri River and to discover a land route to the Pacific Ocean, 1804-1806; governor of Louisiana Territory, 1807-1809 | |
| | | Title: | Journal of Meriwether Lewis
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 30 August 1803 - 12 December 1803 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume (approximately 252 leaves) | | | | Abstract: | Journal of river trip down Ohio River to the winter camp of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Interlineated in the journal, and also in a separate volume (917.3 L58b), are queries posed by Nicholas Biddle to William Clark in 1810 about the succeeding Lewis and Clark expedition. Lewis' observations in his journal include remarks on Indian mounds and on the social organization, religion, and material culture of Indians observed on the journey | | | | Source: | Journal of Meriwether Lewis (917.3 L58p) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
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