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OPENING THE WEST
WITH
LEWIS AND CLARK

BY BOAT, HORSE AND FOOT UP THE GREAT RIVER MISSOURI,
ACROSS THE STONY MOUNTAINS AND ON TO THE PACIFIC, WHEN
IN THE YEARS 1804, 1805, 1806, YOUNG CAPTAIN LEWIS THE
LONG KNIFE AND HIS FRIEND CAPTAIN CLARK THE RED HEAD
CHIEF, AIDED BY SACAJAWEA THE BIRD-WOMAN, CONDUCTED
THEIR LITTLE BAND OF MEN TRIED AND TRUE THROUGH THE
UNKNOWN NEW UNITED STATES

BY

EDWIN L. SABIN

AUTHOR OF "THE GOLD SEEKERS OF '49,"
"WITH SAM HOUSTON IN TEXAS," ETC.

FRONTISPIECE BY

CHARLES H. STEPHENS




PHILADELPHIA & LONDON

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY