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SCENES
AND
ADVENTURES
IN THE
Semi-Alpine Region
OF THE
OZARK MOUNTAINS OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS,
WHICH WERE FIRST TRAVERSED BY DE SOTO, IN 1541.
PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO. 1853.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the District of Columbia.
Dedication.
To the Memory
OF
DE WITT CLINTON,
LATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, &C. &C. &C, AN EARLY FRIEND, DURING THE YEARS DEVOTED TO THESE EXCURSIONS INTO THE GREAT AREA OF THE WEST;— A MAN WHO WAS EMINENT IN VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE;— WHO, BY HIS EXALTED FORECAST, WISE COUNSELS, AND STEADY POLICY, CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHEST BENEFITS AND RENOWN OF HIS NATIVE STATE;— THESE RECORDS OF INCIDENTS OF EXPLORATORY TRAVEL, ARE DEDICATED WITH THE SINCEREST SENTIMENTS OF RESPECT AND REGARD FOR HIS CHARACTER AND NAME, WHICH I EVER ENTERTAINED FOR HIM WHILE LIVING, AND CONTINUE TO CHERISH NOW THAT HE IS DEAD.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
FOOTNOTES:
INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE WEST.
APPENDIX.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, ANTIQUITIES, AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY.
I. LEAD-MINES OF MISSOURI.
A MEMOIR ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF MISSOURI, DRAWN UP IN 1819.
PREFACE.
A VIEW OF THE LEAD-MINES OF MISSOURI.
FOOTNOTES:
MINERALOGY.
FOOTNOTES:
CATALOGUE OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, (continued.)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WEST.
FOOTNOTE:
GEOGRAPHY.
ANTIQUITIES AND INDIAN HISTORY.
FOOTNOTES:
EXTRACTS FROM THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.
FOOTNOTES:
THE END.
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