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Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., part 1, May 21-October 16, 1839

Chapter 1: Early Western Travels 1748-1846 A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement
By Thomas Jefferson Farnham
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A travel narrative recounts a party led by a young lawyer from Illinois as they attempt to reach the Columbia River, choosing an arduous southern route that provokes thirst, hunger, desertions, and conflicts. The account blends vivid landscape description with practical detail about forts, mountain men, and mission stations, and records negotiations with indigenous guides. The author alternates enthusiasm for the fertile valleys with later misgivings, helps promote a petition requesting American protection for settlers, and ultimately departs westward by sea toward Pacific islands and California.

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Title: Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., part 1, May 21-October 16, 1839

Author: Thomas Jefferson Farnham

Editor: Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Early Western Travels

1748-1846

Volume XXVIII

Early Western Travels
1748-1846
A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement

Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by

Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D.

Editor of "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents," "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," "Hennepin's New Discovery," etc.

Volume XXVIII

Part I of Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., May 21-October 16, 1839

Cleveland, Ohio

The Arthur H. Clark Company

1906

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