Journal of a Voyage Up the River Missouri: Performed in Eighteen Hundred and Eleven by H. M. Brackenridge, Esq. (Classic Reprint) Hardcover – December 25, 2017

Excerpt from Journal of a Voyage Up the River Missouri: Performed in Eighteen Hundred and Eleven by H. M. Brackenridge, Esq.Tee following is the Journal of a voyage, Of four or five months, on the Missouri river, beyond the settlements. The voyage was undertaken in the Spirit of adventure, which characterises so many Of our countrymen, and with little or no expectation Of profit or advantage. The accounts received from difierent persons had greatly excited my curiosity. The conversation Of Manuel Lisa, a man Of an ardent and enterprising character, and one of the most cele brated of those who traverse the Indian country, had in flamed my mind with the desire Of attempting something Of a similar nature. I set Ofi with the intention of making a summer excursion, as a simple hunter, unprovided with the means Of making mathematical Observations, but little [iv] acquainted with any Of the branches Of natural history, and without once imagining that I should ever publish the result Of my Observations. Afterwards, having published a vol ume, under the title Of Views Of Louisiana, the present Journal was placed in the appendix. But having been at first written in a loose and careless manner, the style, I fear, notwithstanding the corrections it has undergone, still retains too much Of its original defect. There are certainly many things which might be omitted; there are also topics, which the reader will be disappointed in finding untouched to this, I must answer, that having already entered into a variety Of details, in something like a regular and syste matic work, it would be improper to repeat them here.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read more