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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 7, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 6, 1805April 8, 1805April 7, 1805 Fort Mandan April 7th 1805. Having on this day at 4 P.M. completed every arrangement necessary for our…

George Douglas PERKINS, Congress, IA (1840-1914)

PERKINS George Douglas , a Representative from Iowa; born in Holly, Orleans County, N.Y., February 29, 1840; attended the common schools; moved to Wisconsin and learned the printer's trade in…

The End of a Long Journey

Chapter 25 The End of a Long Journey The reunited party now set out for the lower river and proceeded rapidly down-stream, favored with a good wind. They made eighty-six miles…

Lewis & Clark: The End of a Long Journey

by NoahBrooks Adventures on the YellowstoneIndexThe End of a Long Journey The reunited party now set out for the lower river and proceeded rapidly down-stream,…

Pawnee

(Encyclopedia) PawneePawneepônēˈ [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). At one time the…

Deloria, Vine Victor Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Deloria, Vine, Jr., 1933–2005, American author, theologian, historian, and activist, b. Marin, S.Dak. Considered by some to be the…

Missouri, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Missouri, river, c.2,565 mi (4,130 km) long (including its Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock headstream), the longest river of the United States and the principal tributary of the…

Gettysburg Address

(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg Address, speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the…