Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Vol. 6, Brackenridge's Journal up the Missouri 1811
Entry/Object ID
L1993.1.54F
Description
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Vol. 6, Includes journals of Henry Marie Brackenridge and Gabriel Franchere:
(1) Brackenridge's Journal up the Missouri in 1811, and Franchere's Voyage to Northwest Coast, 1811-1814
Henry Marie Brackenridge was a lawyer who accompanied fur-trader Manuel Lisa up the Missouri in 1811. His trip up and back took about five weeks. His journal describes the territory, animals, and Indians.
(2) Gabriel Franchere, a Canadian, accompanied John Jacob Astor's expedition to found a trading post at the mouth of the Columbia--the first American settlement on the Pacific--in 1810, arriving in spring 1811. Franchere narrates the occurences there until the sale to the North West Company in 1813.
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