[10] Chittenden, _American Fur Trade_, ii, p. 578.
[11] We have, for convenience, signed James's name to all notes reprinted by us from the original issue; it should be understood, however, that several members of the party contributed these notes--some of them being indicated therein, and others not.
PART I OF JAMES'S ACCOUNT OF S. H. LONG'S EXPEDITION, 1819-1820
Preliminary Notice reprinted from Volume I of Philadelphia edition, 1823. Text reprinted from Volume I of London edition, 1823.
[Illustration: _Map of the Country_ drained by the _MISSISSIPPI_.]
[Illustration: Facsimile of title-page to Volume I of James's _Account_
BY ORDER OF THE HON. J. C. CALHOUN, SECRETARY OF WAR, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJ. S. H. LONG, OF THE U. S. TOP. ENGINEERS.
COMPILED FROM THE NOTES OF MAJOR LONG, MR. T. SAY, AND OTHER GENTLEMEN OF THE PARTY, BY EDWIN JAMES, BOTANIST AND GEOLOGIST TO THE EXPEDITION.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1823. ]
WHOSE LIBERAL VIEWS, ENLIGHTENED POLICY, AND JUDICIOUS MEASURES, WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED WITH THE UTMOST CIRCUMSPECTION AND ECONOMY, HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN AN EMINENT DEGREE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE UNITED STATES, BOTH IN SCIENCE AND POLITICS; THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHORS, AS A FEEBLE TESTIMONIAL OF THEIR HIGH CONSIDERATION OF HIS TALENTS AND PATRIOTISM, AND A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS INDULGENCE AND PATRONAGE.
In selecting from a large mass of notes and journals the materials of the following volumes, our design has been to present a compendious account of the labors of the Exploring Party, and of such of their discoveries as were thought likely to gratify a liberal curiosity. It was not deemed necessary to preserve uniformity of style, at the expense of substituting the language of a compiler for that of an original observer. Important contributions of entire passages from Major Long and Mr. Say, will be recognized in various parts of the work, though we have not always been careful to indicate the place of their introduction. Those gentlemen have indeed been constantly attentive to the work, both to the preparation of the manuscript and its revision for the press.