Chapter I: Preface
When one observes attentively the maps of South and North America, no feature appears more striking than the provision which Nature seems to have made, in both continents, for water-communication across the breadth of each. In the Northern continent, this channel of communication is formed by the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, which stretch over an extent of three thousand miles, interrupted only by the ridge of the Rocky Mountains. In the Southern continent, the River Amazon, in its path from the Andes to the sea, traverses a course of thirty-three hundred miles. In both cases, a few hundred miles of land-carriage will complete the transit from ocean to ocean. The analogy presented in the length and direction of these magnificent water-pathways is preserved in their history. A series of romantic adventures attaches to each. I indulge the hope, that young readers who have so favorably received my former attempts to amuse and instruct them, in my several works reviving the fabulous legends of remote ages, will find equally attractive these true narratives of bold adventure, whose date is comparatively recent. Moreover, their scenes are laid, in the one instance, in our own country; and, in the other, in that great and rising empire of Brazil to which our distinguished naturalist, Prof. Agassiz, has gone on a pilgrimage of science. It will enable us better to appreciate the discoveries and observations which the professor will lay before us on his return, to know something beforehand of the history and peculiarities of the region which is the scene of his labors; and, on the other hand, the route across the North-American continent, to which the first part of the volume relates, deprives increased interest, at this time, from the fact that it nearly corresponds to the route of the contemplated Northern Pacific Railroad.
BOSTON, June, 1866. T. B.
CONTENTS.
OREGON.
CHAPTER I.
DISCOVERY OF COLUMBIA RIVER 1
CHAPTER II.
LEWIS AND CLARKE 14
CHAPTER III.
THE SIOUX 23
CHAPTER IV.
SUMMARY OF TRAVEL TO WINTER-QUARTERS 33
CHAPTER V.
INDIAN TRIBES 45
CHAPTER VI.
THE MARCH RESUMED 57
CHAPTER VII.
THE JOURNEY CONTINUED 85
CHAPTER VIII.
THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI AND COLUMBIA 97
CHAPTER IX.
THE PARTY IN THE BOATS 107
CHAPTER X.
THE DESCENT OF THE COLUMBIA 120
CHAPTER XI.
CLARKE'S RIVER 131
CHAPTER XII.
KOOSKOOSKEE RIVER 147
CHAPTER XIII.
WINTER-QUARTERS 176
CHAPTER XIV.
A NEW YEAR 187
CHAPTER XV.
WINTER LIFE 197
CHAPTER XVI.
THE RETURN 210
CHAPTER XVII.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 230
CHAPTER XVIII.
CAPT. CLARKE'S ROUTE DOWN THE YELLOWSTONE 241
ELDORADO.
CHAPTER I.
THE DISCOVERY 255
CHAPTER II.
ORELLANA DESCENDS THE RIVER 265
CHAPTER III.
ORELLANA'S ADVENTURE CONTINUED 275
CHAPTER IV.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 285
CHAPTER V.
RALEIGH'S FIRST EXPEDITION 293
CHAPTER VI.
RALEIGH'S ADVENTURES CONTINUED 307
CHAPTER VII.
RALEIGH'S SECOND EXPEDITION 316
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FRENCH PHILOSOPHERS 326
CHAPTER IX.
MADAME GODIN'S VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON 339
CHAPTER X.
MADAME GODIN'S VOYAGE CONTINUED 349
CHAPTER XI.
HERNDON'S EXPEDITION 361
CHAPTER XII.
HERNDON'S EXPEDITION CONTINUED 373
CHAPTER XIII.
HERNDON'S EXPEDITION CONTINUED 387
CHAPTER XIV.
HERNDON'S EXPEDITION CONCLUDED 396
CHAPTER XV.
LATEST EXPLORATIONS 404
CHAPTER XVI.
THE NATURALIST ON THE AMAZON 427
CHAPTER XVII.
ANIMATED NATURE 446
OREGON.
OREGON.
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