"The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration. This compact volume of their journals includes all of the most riveting tales of their adventure, in their own words." "Through these tales of adventure we see the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and western rivers the way Lewis and Clark first observed them - majestic, pristine, uncharted, and awe-inspiring. We are in the moccasins of Lewis and Clark as they witness other wonders no European-Americans had ever seen before: new creatures such as antelope, prairie dogs, and most memorably, grizzly bears. Also included are the explorers' encounters with Native Americans, featuring the reunion between Sacagawea and her brother, a Shoshone chief who secured the expedition's safe passage over the Continental Divide."--BOOK JACKET.

Excerpts from the 1904-05 version of: Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804-1806 ; edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites.

Map of Lewis and Clark's journey to the Pacific on endpapers.

The Crops of Discovery Volume 1. From River Dubois to Two-Thousand-Mile Creek: May 13, 1804-May 5, 1805 Volume 2. From Two-Thousand-Mile Creek to Shoshoni Camp on Lemhi River: May 6, 1805-August 20, 1805 Volume 3. From the Shoshoni Camp on Lemhi River to Fort Clatsop: August 21, 1805-January 9, 1806 Volume 4. From Fort Clatsop to Musquetoe Creek: January 27, 1806-May 7, 1806

Volume 5. From Musquetoe Creek to St. Louis May 8, 1806-September 26, 1806 Lewis's Short-cut to the Missouri, and Exploration of Maria's River: Lewis's Journal, July 3-August 12, 1806 Clark's Exploration of the Yellowstone Letter from Lewis to Jefferson.